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The Ruin of Delicate Things
- Narrated by: Paul Rogan, Punch Audio
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
Barrington Hall is a place of secrets - something Dan Morgan has worked hard to forget. But when a heartbreaking loss brings him back to the place where he spent his childhood summers, Barrington Hall will do what it must to make him remember.
Faye Morgan blames her husband for the death of their teenage son. She doesn’t want to leave the place Toby called home. But after she catches a glimpse of a strange boy in the midnight woods and learns of his connection with Barrington Hall, her need to learn more pulls her further and further into a nightmare world filled with past atrocities and the burning flame of revenge.
A tale of grief and horror, The Ruin of Delicate Things explores how loss can leave a hole inside of us. A hole large enough for anything to crawl into.
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"Gorgeously written and compulsively readable, The Ruin of Delicate Things is as beautiful as it is tragic. Beverley Lee's work has always been memorable for its sumptuous descriptions and well-drawn characters, but this fiendishly macabre fairytale puts her right at the top of my must-read list. Whether or not you keep your doors and windows shut, this one will sink its teeth into you." (Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Kin and Master of the Moors)
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- 21-02-22
Darkly creepy!
The Ruin of Delicate Things by Beverley Lee and narrated by Paul Rogan, honestly gave me all the feels, shivers, jittering nerves and the dark sensation that something was creeping over my skin.
I loved the book anyway having read it when it was released in 2020, but being a huge fan of audiobooks this was a must-listen. Unlike other books I've read and then listened to, The Ruin of Delicate Things audio version brought a whole new dimension of the story for me, truly submerging, pulling me under the water surface so to speak. Damn brilliant.
From the very first chapter, reached into my soul grasping all those inner fears both as a mother and human, those tiny buried terrors that haunt my nightmares, palpating them in a tightly gripped fist chapter after chapter. It was easy to get lost within the chapters of Ruin as was getting lost within the walls of Barrington Hall.
I never like to give too much away in a review, after all, you have the book blurb to read for the storyline. But what is important to say is that there are some very subtle details in these deftly composed lines, ones that you take in without realising, immersing you in the whole feel, atmosphere and history of its characters. Emotions run high in this book, from all its cast, from those we find an instant affinity with to those not so much, giving each a voice with true sentiments, fears and longings. And the dispute between good and evil rests on a shadowy divide from which you jump from side to side.
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