Jonny Sims is a genius

Since I absolutely love The Magnus Archives, I was beyond excited that Jonny Sims published this book. Naturally, I had to listen right away.
It's captivating and gruesome in the best way possible, and you definitely recognize his writing style. You can see how he pulls the strings and you just know that in the end, it'll come together beautifully. As it does.

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Beautiful horror stories

Another great work from the author of The Magnus Archives. Beautifully written horror stories that reflect the sad reality of the modern society.

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Capitalism is the real horror

The seperate stories are all good on their own but they get even better once woven together.
I personally love the kind of horror that starts out subtle and just a little uncanny so i obviously loved this. Already read the book but i honestly felt the need to listen to Jonny Sims playing an unlikeble man soooooo, yeah. Only reason i got the audiobook.
I can only recommend the story :)

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Names

I loved the book and the audio version was almost perfect. Almost. The inability of I think two or three of the narrators to pronounce the name Jésus Candido took me out quite a lot, especially in chapter 3.
Other than that it was a lovely experience!

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As a fan of The Magnus Archives...

...I had to listen to this book from Jonathan Sims! And it’s been everything I hoped for and more! From his podcast „The Magnus Archives“ I already knew, that he is fantastic in creating existential fears is his stories. In this book he takes that skill and manifests the horrors of capitalism in ways that are relatable and repulsive at the same time! Well done!

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Gory horror and yet kind of wholesome

This book has just about everything I could have wished for: Sometines scary, sometimes gory horror, casually queer caracters, criticism of capitalism and a satisfying ending, plus a cast of great and really varied voice actors. I really enjoyed it and will go now to shout praise for it off all the rooftops available to me!

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Capitalist Horror Stories

A great collection of urban horror stories, strung together by a theme of the modern and common terrors most of us are familiar with but try to tune out. The different performances are a pleasure to listen to and add a lot of character to their stories and the finale. My only small gripe would be with said finale, which succeeds in delivering catharsis but destroys most of the ambiguity and mystery the previous vignettes have successfully built up. Although, this is hardly a deal breaker and the book is still very much worth listening to.

P.S Fans of the Magnus Archive will feel right at home.

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Masterfully crafted and highly recommended

I absolutely adore this book! I only just finished and the end let me absolutely flabberghasted.
It's a tightly woven piece of idividual story lines -all solid and rich and a wonderful read in their own right- that connect from the beginning, even though one might not be able to see the threads at first.
The story itself is everything that Horror should be, but also modern and optimistic in its own way. The cast of characters as well as narrators is very diverse, and extremely relatable.
The voice actors all do an absolutely tremendous job and there wasn't a single voice I wasn't instantly taken with.
My only complain about this book is that I now feel the urge to listen to all of it again from the beginning to see what I missed the first time ;)

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Very preachy

Expected a lot more. The story is very slow and most unfortunately very predictable. It ends being a cautionary tale about capitalism without ever giving me real chills.
The alternating speakers are a nice touch but fail to save the story.

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