Book description
The frozen silence of Susan Beth Pfeffer's This World We Live In isn't just setting-it's a character, whispering through the audiobook's haunting narration. You hear it in the crunch of ice underfoot, the ragged breaths of survivors in a world where the moon's destruction turned summer into a slow, killing winter. Miranda Evans isn't just fighting hunger or cold; she's wrestling with the ghosts of everything lost, her heart a fragile thing in a landscape that demands only survival.
The audiobook's power lies in its whispers. You feel Miranda's dread as her father arrives with strangers, one of whom-Alex Morales-unravels her carefully built isolation. Their connection isn't sweet; it's charged with the desperate urgency of two people clinging to light in a suffocating dark. Their love story is a fragile bloom in a wasteland, making every moment feel stolen, every word spoken in the wind a potential death sentence. Then the tornado hits. Not a storm, but a violent, unnatural tearing of the world-a visceral, terrifying sound design that makes your own breath catch.
What makes this audiobook linger isn't just the disaster, but Miranda's choice after the storm. It's not a grand gesture, but a quiet, devastating act of love and loss that reshapes everything. The narrator doesn't shout it; they let it settle in the silence between heartbeats, a truth as cold and sharp as the ice outside. You don't just hear the story-you feel the weight of every decision, the way the frozen air seems to press in on your own lungs.
Pfeffer's genius is in the quiet horror of the ordinary turned monstrous: a baby's cry in a shelter, the way a single piece of bread becomes a sacred object. The audiobook's pacing is deliberate, letting dread build like frost on a windowpane. You don't just listen to the end of the world; you live in the suffocating, beautiful, terrifying space between survival and surrender. It's a masterpiece of emotional tension, where the most terrifying thing isn't the cold-it's the warmth you're forced to let go of. This isn't just a book to hear; it's a world you carry with you long after the final whisper fades.
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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