Read Online The Lonely Dead Audible Audio Edition April Henry Piper Goodeve Tantor Audio Books

Product details Audible Audiobook Listening Length 5 hours and 52 minutes Program Type Audiobook Version Unabridged Publisher Tantor Audio Audible.com Release Date January 29, 2019 Whispersync for Voice Ready Language English, English ASIN B07MXNBLVM

The Lonely Dead Audible Audio Edition April Henry Piper Goodeve Tantor Audio Books Reviews

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• I won this in a Goodreads Giveaway. I also want to thank Henry Holt & Co and Netgalley for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review.
  
  Adele can see the dead, well she hasn't for awhile because she has been taking her meds. But lately she hasn't been which is why she is shocked when her friend Tori calls her name as she is walking home from the park. However, she notices immediately that she is dead or well she doesn't want to notice that. So despite not wanting to draw attention to herself she makes the call from a payphone to report the body.
  
  Soon Adele finds herself in the middle of investigation and if she isn't careful she might just get arrested for her friend's murder.
  
  So this is brief and spoilers, but I also want to talk about a few things. I have read most of April's other books and this just kind of fell flat for me. It had so much potential, the plot, the storyline, and even most of the characters. Sadly I can't even rave about the all of the things I want too because spoilers.
  
  That being said Adele, on the one hand I loved her, on the other I was like girl wake up... I mean for real. Her mother warned her, but she couldn't listen. Second the investigation was like stumbling in the dark, I mean literally considering how she found out everything. I had a pretty good idea, but wasn't for sure. Mostly because I didn't know if there was going to be a really shocking twist. Kudos for the red herrings and things thrown out to make you think otherwise.
  
  Luke, don't get me started on him... and him and Adele...for someone not on the popular side and having been picked one and humiliated she was super naive when it came to him. I know this is a YA so don't think I am judging it too harshly. These are high schoolers and at least 17 so you may not always be completely on the game, but you should know most of the people you are in classes with it, at least by reputation. Overall, I liked the book, I just wanted more from it.
• I enjoyed the take on ghosts in this YA paranormal mystery, but unfortunately the plot wasn’t as strong as the concept.
  
  Adele has been diagnosed as schizophrenic, but she actually does see dead people, not hallucinations. When a former friend is murdered after they have a fight at a party, Adele discovers Tori’s ghost—and her body. Tori wants Adele to help figure out who murdered her, and Adele reluctantly agrees. Her attempts to find the killer become more urgent when the police start to suspect that Adele herself committed the crime.
  
  As an idea, the story works, but the mystery aspect is weak. Adele’s sleuthing is not very effective; she mostly wanders around speculating about whether this or that person might have committed the crime. In the end, the killer’s own miscalculations are their downfall, and the story is wrapped up in a very abrupt way. The identity of the murderer wasn’t exactly a surprise, either.
  
  I did like the way Adele’s ghostly gift works. Rather than being haunted by ghosts who follow her around, Adele can only see the dead when she is near their remains. That’s an interesting idea, and it adds some complexity to the story, since Adele can only communicate with Tori at certain times, like the visitation and the funeral. So, Adele really doesn’t have a ghostly partner in her investigations, which is the more typical approach. It’s too bad that the story itself doesn't live up to the premise.
  
  A copy of this book was provided through NetGalley for review; all opinions expressed are my own.
• Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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  Adele has been able to see the dead for a long time, ever since she was young she’s been able to see and talk to them. After she loses her mom she’s taken in by her grandfather. When he becomes aware of her ability he takes her to a doctor and she ends up diagnosed as schizophrenic. Ever since then she’s been on medication, dulled to the world around her and unable to see the dead. Maybe it really was all in her head?
  Until one day on her way home, shortly after she quits taking her medicine, a voice calls out to her from the park, and it turns out to be her once upon a time best friend, Tori. Tori who she just recently fought with. Tori who kicked her out of her party. Tori whose sitting there in a tank top and unaffected by the cold, sitting on top of a mound that happens to be where she’s buried.
  Adele does what anyone should, she calls the police, but that’s not the end of her involvement. People are suspicious of her. The night Tori went missing Adele had been drinking and caught making out with Tori’s boyfriend. Did she maybe do it in a blackout rage?
  Surrounded on all sides by people who suspect her, Tori calling out for justice from beyond the grave, and her own loss of trust in herself Adele struggles to find out who did it, even if it maybe was her.
  I like April Henry, both her and Natalie Richards are my two favorite go-to when it comes to YA mystery. It’s a quick read and fairly enjoyable. A little different then Henry’s usual, but a fun twist. Adele would be a character that would be fun to see in the future, a little older and see how she adjusts to her abilities and what she does, or doesn’t do with them,