Don't Eat the Pie
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Narrated by:
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Cady Zuckerman
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Stephanie Willing
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By:
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Monique Asher
About this listen
In DON'T EAT THE PIE, listeners are transported to the hauntingly picturesque Camillia Island, where gothic horror meets family drama, unraveling the sinister secrets behind a mother and daughter's summer that promises to be as unsettling as it is compelling for fans of Shirley Jackson and Daphne du Maurier.
Newlywed Sam has always wanted to be a part of a normal happy family.
When her mother-in-law falls ill, Sam dutifully moves her family to Edenic Camillia Island to care for her. The island residents, namely the older women, welcome Sam and her daughter Emma with open arms, endless cocktails, and plenty of superstition.
It seems perfect until it’s not. The house next to her mother-in-law’s is creepy—not only that, it’s where Ben’s first wife died.
Sam’s teen daughter Emma isn’t interested in spending the summer in Camilia. It gets even worse when Emma starts to see things—knowing that there are ghosts trying to warn her of something, but what?
Despite Emma’s pleas, Sam doesn’t want to rock the boat with her new family. Emma won’t pretend nothing is happening, especially as the messages become more grim and frequent. What secrets are buried on Camilia Island? And why are all the residents keen on keeping them quiet?
Content Warnings: this book contains mentions and/or descriptions of abuse/domestic violence, suicide, unauthorized medical procedures, pregnancy complications, and a car accident.
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- Laura
- 06-10-24
(Don’t listen to) Don’t Eat the Pie
I really wanted to enjoy this book… Unfortunately, however, I just found it slow, poorly paced and incredibly difficult to finish.
Personally, I didn’t like any of the characters and I didn’t care what happened to them.
The pacing of the book felt wrong, somehow, and there were odd gaps in time that were never explained. I also felt as though the narrative wanted us to have developed certain feelings for characters, but we’d not been given enough up to that point to have reached that emotion.
In principle, I was so excited for the premise of this book, but it just didn’t deliver on any of the themes.
In terms of the narrators, they spoke… so… slowly…
Hint: a slow narrator doesn’t help build the atmosphere and tension (spoiler: there was very little atmosphere and tension!).
About an hour in I had to increase the listening speed to 1.2x, but by the last few hours I’d increased to 1.7x because I just needed to get the book finished and over so I could move onto something else!
If you end up enjoying this, I’m very happy for you, but this book was just not for me.
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