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The Hike
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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The Hike
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Summary
“Susi Holliday is one of our best and most original creators of tense and twisty tales.”—Ian Rankin
Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy? Or treachery?
When sisters Cat and Ginny travel with their husbands to the idyllic Swiss Alps for a hiking holiday, it’s not just a chance to take in the stunning scenery. It’s an opportunity to reconnect with each other after years of drifting apart—and patch up marriages that are straining at the seams.
As they head into the mountains, morale is high, but as the terrain turns treacherous, cracks in the relationships start to show. With worrying signs that someone might be following them, the sun begins to set and exhaustion kicks in. Suddenly, lost high on a terrifying ridge, tensions spill over—with disastrous consequences.
When only two of the four hikers make it down from the mountain, the police press them for their story—but soon become suspicious when their accounts just don’t add up.
What really happened up on that ridge? Who are the survivors? And what secrets are they trying to hide?
Critic reviews
“Imogen Church's spirited narration brings the protagonists alive in this suspenseful mystery and helps make this a standout listen.… Church's strong characterizations differentiate the key personalities, emphasizing their flaws and making them almost a pleasure to dislike. In particular, Church's presentation of Ginny's spiteful, whiny voice is spot-on. Church is careful not to give away important plot points with her narration, and she uses just the right creepy tones to help build the tension as the story moves towards an over-the-top climax.”—AudioFile Magazine
“We inhaled this galloping, twisty read in a single sitting.”—Crime Monthly
“An edge-of-your seat thriller where the sense of menace ratchets higher with every step along the hiking path. Utterly immersive with brilliant storytelling, it’s smart, scary and ingeniously moreish.”—Steph Broadribb, author of Death in the Sunshine
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- Joanna
- 03-10-22
Had to give back due to narration
The narrator wa really annoying so I didn’t get past the first 20 mins. I’m not usually that fussy but I couldn’t listen!
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- Judy Carter
- 16-02-23
The narration spoiled it
The story was ok, but very long winded. The last few chapters were better.
The narrator however was hard to listen to. The drawling, drawn out talking and the really bad voices of some of the characters.
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- Zoe86
- 21-10-22
Ruined by narration
The narrator was so over the top with this book, it made it really very difficult to listen too. Every word is hammed up and exaggerated, often in quite odd ways. Even sentences like 'she passed the salt' are said in an up/down lilting and laboured way. It made the story really hard to focus on as the narration was just taxing to take in. I felt like I almost had to concentrate on tuning out all the cadences. It's a shame as the story was decent but the narration didn't do it justice.
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- Dr. N. WOODRUFF
- 30-10-22
Not to my liking
Did not finish as the book was not to my taste and not enjoyable sorry
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- yelsel
- 22-11-22
I'm giving up
I just can't on with the terrible overdone narration! Everything is so exaggerated that it is exhausting trying to listen. The narration definitely gets in the way of the story but so do the awful characters. It is impossible to feel any empathy or care about any of them. I don't know what dreadful thing happened on that hike and I really don't care.
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- PODENCOS ROCK!
- 12-10-22
As farfetched as it was far flung, but enjoyable
This sounded like an excellent thriller but I was hesitant to try it as the narrator, Imogen Church, talented though she is, can really dominate a story so much that it can be painful to listen to and the story is hardly let up for air as she whips it up into a frenzy of over animated story telling.
And so it was here. I have no idea what it would have been like with a narrator who read with subtlety but it fast became clear it had turned into a pantomime with the read it got.
Some people were voiced so obnoxiously that when they got bumped off, there is not a court in the land who would have not set them free as justifiable homicide as they were so annoying and cartoonishly portrayed.
I had no other titles to read and not allowed to return the title as I had paused my membership, so I plowed on and though it seemed to being played for laughs with very broad strokes so as to make every character a walking cliche, it was an enjoyable romp which made Midsomer Murders seem as lighthearted as War and Peace.
There were some pretty preposterous plot twists as well, so perhaps turning into a murder farce instead of a serious thriller actually worked, as it veered close to slapstick at times.
As usual with this narrator, I turned up the speed to 1.25 as otherwise - with every word being supercharged with emotion and pumped up as if on steroids - it really does get unbearable as each syllable is strung out, swung out of and generally tortured ad infinitum. Do not get me started on the gruff huff-puffing of the male characters either - so a faster speed really does make it so much less infuriating,
Will not be rushing to read the next Susi Holiday book, let's put it that way ..... and also hoping to goodness my favourite authors, like Ruth Ware, will be insisting on a different narrator, otherwise I may have to read them instead and miss out on the usually fabulous and relaxing audiobook experience.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-10-22
slooooooow narration
couldn't get started, narrator spoke soooooo slowly. Good for sleeping maybe but this was too off putting.
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- Nat 87
- 28-11-22
Enjoyable
An enjoyable read with twists and turns, I had no issue with the narrator, I thought she delivered a good narration. A new author for me and I'll check out more now!
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- FELICITY GAINARD
- 09-10-22
Boring
Really didn’t enjoy this book , normally don’t mind narrator , but this just wasn’t for me . Wasted credit .
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- VJ
- 04-10-22
Very Enjoyable
A very enjoyable unpredictable thriller with an unusual plot.
I bought this book without trying the audio sample first for two very good reasons:
1. I have enjoyed other books by this author.
2. Imogen Church is an excellent narrator!
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