Little One

De: Sarah A. Denzil

Narrado por: Claire Storey

"Take my hand, little one."

Fran finds her standing by the swings. A little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled. She says she's waiting for Father, and that strikes Fran as particularly odd.

After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can't stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran's instincts tell her something is very wrong. Why does Esther keep running away from home, and how did she get that bruise on her leg?

Fran's husband warns her not to get too close, but one morning, Esther and her family disappear. Where did they go? Why did they leave their furniture behind?

Fran knows in her gut that something terrible is going to happen to that child, and she can't stand by while it happens. No matter the cost.

After all, she found her. But can she save her?

©2021 Sarah Denzil (P)2021 Audible, Ltd

unexpected twist!

This story held my interest from beginning to end. The only thing I had a hard time swallowing was how a child of Esther's age could think and reason the way she did. Her thoughts should have been a bit more juvenile. All and all good book, and good narrator.

Interesting take - unique perspective

Honestly it was a bit far fetched, thinking a retiree would have the money for … this. But when you take practicality out of it…. I liked that it was different. Unlike other stories the twist was truly unexpected. Wish they had a bit more detail of the post twist action but overall - glad I stuck it through!

Interesting

The book begins well enough. The ending is surprising & phenomenal. It's the in between. I almost didn't finish it. I reached a point where I didn't care about the characters. After awhile Fran's reason for hunting the Whitakers grows tiresome & isn't strong enough to go around the world traipsing after them.

I understand the surprise the author wanted to bring but I think she should've put some of the ending at the beginning to keep us reading. Or cut out a lot of the middle. The suicide of Noah does nothing for the story. It has no bearing what so ever & all that drama should've been edited out. You skip right through all that & never miss a thing in the story.

Because it's so bogged down in the middle I'd hesitate to get another book from this author. 13 hours is a lot of time to invest in what is about an 8 hour story. However, the surprise ending almost makes it worth it. She does an excellent job of concealing it. That is the reason I'm giving it 3 stars instead of 2. The ending is masterfully done.

Great story but narrator obviously had not been to

Great story but obviously the author had not been to Arizona and especially Tucson. It is not so rural or country and most people do not speak with a country accent.

Loved it

Excellent read. American accents and pronunciation of some words were a bit off. It did not deter from the story.

Abuso psicológico

El terrible el daño que pueden hacer estos narcisistas!Adoctrinamiento, fanatismo, ceguera etc. a niños e incluso a adultos

Good read

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The twist towards the end was good. I didn’t see it coming.

Good not great

While the performance by the narrator was nothing short of amazing the story is okay. She did so well with the American accents. The plot was interesting but I wouldn’t say this has been my favorite story by the author. There just wasn’t enough suspense for me and wasn’t much of a thriller but I enjoyed while it lasted. Toward the mid end I just wanted to get it over with and move on to the next book. I’m short , it was just okay.

A good book but...

I'm not entirely sure whether I liked this book or not. At first I didn't like the narrator, but got used to her. Tge story was ok, it was much more different than i expected, so this made me not enjoy it as much. without giving any content away, I had hoped for a much more conclusive ending. i won't be tempted to read this again.

Missed some parts

I felt like I was left empty when listening to the audiobook. The narrator was decent. The plot had holes. Almost incredulous as to how the story developed into a "what the eff was that?" regarding the climax of the story. You won't miss much if you skip this novel entirely.