You might have removed yourself from the game, he seemed to be saying. But the game isn’t finished with you yet. ⁣
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When reading The Shadows, I put aside the thought of, “Is this better than The Whisper Man?” I wanted to be able to review it as a stand alone, away from North’s previous hit. This task was very hard to do. ⁣
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If this was any other author, I would have said yes this is amazing and creepy! I need another nightlight because I cannot sleep. If I compare this to North’s previous, I would say this is just like The Whsiper Man 2.0. I can definitely see the parallels vividly in this book. I said I wanted to review this as a stand alone, but it is SO HARD to do that when the comparisons to The Whisper Man are right there in front of your face.⁣
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I will say I was confused for the first 1/3 of the book. Am I to believe this is truly real? Or, is this another fictional character that is an urban legend that is pretending to be real? I couldn’t see a clear path in the woods (haha, pun intended) on where this was going. ⁣
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This book was actually kind of sad. There are 3 cases of two schoolmates killing a third and that’s what Dectice Amanda Beck is trying to see if there’s a link. It’s just sad that someone would groom another just to kill them at such a young age. I wish they would have given a little bit more of Beck’s past to help me connect more. However, the concept of lucid dreams and being awake while asleep scared the mess out of me. I was pretty scared to have a wonderful dream. ⁣
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I enjoyed The Shadows, regardless if it was very comparable to The Whisper Man. I honestly like these urban legend type books and have been drawn to them recently.⁣ The audio made the book that much creepier, and I really enjoyed the narration.