Little Eve

De: Catriona Ward

Narrado por: Carolyn Bonnyman

From Catriona Ward, the international bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street comes Little Eve, a heart-pounding tale of faith and family, with a devastating twist.

Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.

“A great day is upon us. He is coming. The world will be washed away.”

On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the wildest coast of Scotland, a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth.

The Adder is coming and one of their number will inherit its powers. They all want the honor, but young Eve is willing to do anything for the distinction.

A reckoning beyond Eve’s imagination begins when Chief Inspector Black arrives to investigate a brutal murder and their sacred ceremony goes terribly wrong.

And soon all the secrets of Altnaharra will be uncovered.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

©2018 Catriona Ward (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

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Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel!
Name a Most Anticipated book by USA Today, Paste, Nerdist, Bustle, Gizmodo, Tor.com and more!

2022, Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year, Long-listed

“Ward’s skillful weaving of horror and mystery forms a dense, rich tapestry....The play of imagery is as engrossing as the plot twists, making this a rewarding outing from any angle. Horror fans won’t want to miss this.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

"Little Eve is the sort of book that will both surprise and shock you...It’s delightful and disturbing by turns, and almost impossible to put down once you’ve started." —Paste

“Told in dual timelines, Little Eve is a deliciously spooky book, with prose like whispers on the wind. This one is for fans of cult stories (like me) and the gothic (also me), with dynamic characters and intense pseudo-religious psychology.” —Tor.com

Engrossing, enthralling, entrancing.

I listened to this in one day. I couldn't stop. It will rip your heart out and keep you guessing at every turn of the page. There was nothing which pulled me out of the narrative and every loose end was tied up nicely and in a way that made sense. I suspected one of the ending twists from very early on, but I couldn't be sure and the twists and payoff were excellent. All of the characters were well-developed. This is the first time I've read this author and I will definitely be reading more!

Good story, not so good narrator

The story is interesting, albeit a little long winded. It's a literary gothic mystery with some unexpected twists at the end. Some parts are a bit boring and unnecessary long, reminiscent of her earlier work 'The Girl from Rawblood'. But overall, I enjoyed it and wanted to know where the story would go. The narrator was another one of those who talk so low you have to crank up your volume almost to the max to hear anything. Even with my earbuds in I sometimes had trouble understanding her.

Fantastic!

Great tale, great voice to tell it. Also the musical accompaniment at the end was the perfect touch.

Maybe but no

I tried but it's tedious worth little payoff. And I'm weird. I like weird things. ❤️d Needless Street. Kind of mad on this one.

Excellent little gothic tale

The atmosphere is palpable in this gothic tale of murder and betrayal and isolation. There are multiple twists and turns I did not see coming. I read the author's other book "The Last House on Needless Street" and though that one is more well known, I thought this one was better. The narrator's soft Scottish burr is lovely.

Keep going

I read some of the negative reviews, but I also know a lot of times negative reviews have nothing to do with the book and more to do with the reading taking something personal or their perception because of it.
Anyways. .. At first it was a bit slow but quickly I was pulled in. You start to realize not is all what it seems. The narrator does sound the same for the different girl's voices but she also says who she is at the time, so it's common sense and you figure out who is who. There's no confusion. The last may be four chapters I literally could not turn it off whether I was driving, walking into the house, doing things.... I just couldn't turn it off. I liked how the story really showed how susceptible our minds are to conditioning. Uncle in the story is basically a cult leader. Limiting The knowledge the girls receive and his word is law. Following that law will give you love and comfort. Small disobedience will give you The shut off of any love and affection and also even physical discipline. We could focus on the negativity but in the end. I do believe it's a story about the strength of a young girl finding what is true. I highly recommend.

Needs a better narrator.

What I got from the story was interesting, but even at full volume, I was missing entire paragraphs from the narrator's whispery voice. If Looking Glass Sound has the same narrator, I'm canceling the preorder.

Cultish and Great

"Longing feels just like it sounds, long.."

This one is quite a ride! Altnaharra harbors such a horrible man, Uncle rules with an iron fist and will not be undermined. What these children endure all in the name of being pure for the coming reckoning is hard to read but the ending makes it well worth it.

A bit of a challenge but worth it

Very compelling story. It's a little difficult to get through just because the pacing is like the tide going in and out. The last 2 hours make the wait worth it though.

Little Eve

This is the 2nd book I've read of Catriona Wards'. The first was "The Last House on Needless Street" which I thoroughly enjoyed. She writes evil little stories that get under your skin and stay with you awhile, like a bad rash that you pick and scratch at for days.
This story of Little Eve is so different from the first book I read of hers, and it is such a disturbing little story... but I had to finish it.
It encompasses many feelings while reading it: shock, disgust, and cheering for the children who were being brainwashed into staying with "Uncle."
It is a story worth reading and I do enjoy the way Catriona Ward writes.