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The Caretaker

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The Caretaker

By: Marcus Kliewer
Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill
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Summary

 Follow the Rites...

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake.

From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY:
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY.

Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for.

Besides, it’s only three days’ work…

Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness.

What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

Follow the Rites...

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Loved the story line and characters depicted. Very interesting and intriguing read.Very first horror read but great to start with :)

Gripping and unsettling read

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Was so excited for this book after listening to and loving We Used To Live Here. This book sounded so interesting but sadly fell short due to the main characters constant incompetence and wallowing. Great concept but could have been so much more interesting with a different character

Great Concept

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Sadly I thought the book needed a different narrator. Undoubtedly she is a fine narrator but for me she didn't gel with the story. I quite enjoyed the story although I found it a little disjointed and I would've preferred some context or genesis to the story. I'm probably going to read the book to see if my internal narrative sets it for me.

Not quite there for me

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This book is just a really really bad rip off of Old Country by MQ. The main protagonist is annoying and inhuman even though 70% of the book is dedicated to flash backs of her boring life trying to create character empathy that never hits. This author just can't write females, their first book demonstrated that but this book really solidifies it, the narrators 'upspeak' was so annoying I wanted to scream. Plots holes so big, NASA should research it. Messy, boring and a rip off of Old country

A poor man's 'Old Country'

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this is so painfully reddit idk how i got through the first half. characters were so annoying everything was so clumsy and literal. im finally free though

annoying characters and narration

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