Another Name for the Devil
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Czyta:
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Avi Roque
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Autor:
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Mason Deaver
Sweet evil, come deliver us.
Gabriel has spent the last decade trying to forget his best friend, the first boy he ever loved: Jacob. Ripped away from each other in the midst of a family tragedy, Gabriel grieved for Jacob alone, surviving in their small religious town before finally breaking free to attend college, where they found new friends and relationships to pursue. To Gabriel, Jacob became a distant memory.
Until one fateful Halloween night, when the two are reunited, and Gabriel couldn’t be happier. Now, as adults, they can find the comfort and love that they desired in their adolescence. However, it doesn’t take long for Gabriel to realize that time apart has changed Jacob. The once confident and assured boy has grown into an isolated and obsessive adult. And the more Gabriel discovers about the man he loves, the clearer the danger becomes.
When Jacob reveals to Gabriel his life’s work - his studies into the occult, demonic practices, and his ultimate desire to summon and communicate with Paimon, a King of Hell - Gabriel finds himself dragged into a world that they never asked to be a part of. But the further Gabriel goes, the more they realize that the demonic king is not the true threat and that evil has been beside them all along....
A twisted, supernatural thriller from the acclaimed and best-selling writer Mason Deaver about a love darkened by trauma and turned wicked by obsession.
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I'm sorry but nothing about this was thrilling.
Avi Roque does a great job at narrating this even if it's not the most accessible audiobook (there is background music in parts and the demon gets a weird overlay) but not even his acting could make me care about whatever Jacob was obsessing about.
It is a setup that has been done plenty of times before and the story spends too much explaining why it's normal that Jacob is studying demonology and wants to summon Paimon. The past between Gabriel and Jacob only sounds interesting on paper but doesn't really play out in any interesting way in the story. Gabriel's two defining characteristics are his transness and his gullibility.
We barely get to see the interesting parts! Why was Alex not properly introduced earlier so we did not have to do that in the middle of the story, breaking all the tension? Why do we just learn in passing that Paimon keeps visiting and don't actually see that bond growing?
The ending is not even a surprise at all.
Absolute letdown
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