Release Date: March 5, 2013
Title: The Murmurings
Author: Carly Anne West
Pages: 384
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse
Available: Barnes and Noble
From the Publisher: A teen girl starts hearing the same voices that drove her sister to commit suicide in this creepy, suspenseful novel.
Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.
As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not….
Holy creepy batman.
If The Ring were written as a YA novel minus the weird videotape because you’re born being able to see the creepy oily-haired girl – this is that novel.
And the creepy thing crawls out of mirrors instead of televisions.
There’s no real way to explain the plot of this book without giving away spoilers, so I’m not going to try. Just know – if you like the creep factor – you’re going to like this book.
Sometimes when authors try to be creepy it just ends up overly cheesy and campy, especially when a primary setting is a mental institution. But that didn’t happen with this book. I found it to be original and it grabbed my attention right away. Even after I knew what was going on, I wasn’t completely sure what side everybody was on and how the book was going to end. There was no predictable factor here and that makes it an automatic win for me.
The only thing that stopped it from being a 5 for me was that I felt like the ending happened a little too quickly. More things needed to be explained and take place before the book ended, in my opinion. Questions needed to be answered.
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Considering my rather strong freaked-out feelings about Ring, I’m not sure whether I want to read this book when it comes out, or avoid it like a plague rat. (Probably the former…
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The ending was a bit quick I agree! I’m glad that you enjoyed this one. I didn’t love it but it was great for a creepy read foor sure! eek The Ring *shivers*
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The Ring gave me so many nightmares when I was younger. Such a freaky, creepy, scary movie. I can’t wait to dive into this book! It sounds awesome
Mel@thedailyprophecy.
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Very excited to read this. There are definitely not enough creepy YA books out there. The cover just gives me shivers. I’m glad you liked it so much! Awesome review
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Thank you for linking to my review!
Initially I thought the creep was something I could handle, but I ended up having a nightmare about this book last week anyways soooo
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