Book description
Keith Donohue's The Boy Who Drew Monsters creeps into your consciousness like saltwater through cracked windowpanes-relentless, chilling, and impossible to ignore. This isn't just another horror novel; it's a masterclass in atmospheric dread that settles into your bones long after the final word.
Ten-year-old Jack Peter Keenan becomes prisoner to his own imagination after a near-drowning leaves him terrified of the outside world. Confined to his Maine coastal home, he fills sketchpad after sketchpad with creatures that seem to breathe off the page. But when these monsters begin bleeding into reality, the line between child's play and genuine terror dissolves like sandcastles at high tide.
Donohue weaves a spellbinding descent into madness that recalls the best of Henry James while maintaining its own distinctly modern unease. The author's background in literary circles shines through every carefully crafted sentence, yet never feels pretentious or overwrought. Instead, his prose flows with the hypnotic pull of ocean waves, drawing readers deeper into Jack Peter's increasingly dangerous fantasy world.
The supporting characters-Holly hearing whispers from the sea, Tim wandering haunted beaches, Nick caught in the crossfire-feel authentic and deeply human even as supernatural forces close in around them. Each voice carries weight and distinct perspective, creating a chorus of mounting paranoia that crescendos beautifully.
What makes this audiobook particularly effective is how Donohue understands that true horror lives in suggestion rather than explicit description. The monsters remain tantalizingly vague, letting listeners' minds fill in the most terrifying details. It's psychological horror at its finest-unsettling because it could happen, might be happening, probably is happening just beyond our peripheral vision.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience