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Dear Laura

By: Gemma Amor
Narrated by: Sasha Higgins
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Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the whereabouts of her missing friend Bobby, but there's a catch: He'll only tell her what he knows in exchange for something...personal.

So begins Laura's sordid relationship with her new pen pal, built on a foundation of quid pro quo. Her quest for closure will push her to bizarre acts of humiliation and harm, yet no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape her correspondent's demands. The letters keep coming, and as time passes, they have a profound effect on Laura.

From the author of Cruel Works of Nature comes a dark and twisted tale about obsession, guilt, and how far a person will go to put her ghosts to bed.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Gemma Amor (P)2021 Tantor Horror
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If you’re expecting (wanting) extreme horror/splatterpunk from this, there isn’t much of that here. Instead, what you get is an unsettling antagonist and explanations of the immense mental suffering that the protagonist goes through. My biggest reason to emphasize the psychological aspect of this is to highlight how these stories have a tendency to leave questions unanswered. That is part of the discomfort within the genre.

King of the Hill ruined the name Bobby for me, but I was able to let that go for the sake of getting immersed in the story. Initially, I didn’t care for the narrator, but she grew on me.

I’m so torn on whether or not I would recommend this book. I think overall it’s pretty good, but there are definitely some changes I would make. I’ll say I liked what the buildup leads up to, but I don’t like the ending … if that makes sense.

⚠️Mild spoilers as this is a detail that is revealed early on: The description of this book gave me the impression that this would be a tale of Laura attempting to rescue Bobby. But no, she learns right away that he’s dead. So… that really deflated the story for me. The stakes weren’t as high now as it was just a matter of if Laura would figure out that putting herself through torture wasn’t worth seeking out his body. If only…

🚨Major spoilers that made me angry with this story: You never find out WHY Bobby went away with the stranger. The story spends little time establishing why Bobby is so important to Laura. You just get some sentences talking about how they’ve known each other for a long time. Oh, and Bobby is awkward with her and he maaaaaybe doesn’t like girls in that way. Not only does Laura think about this at one point, but it definitely would explain why he just decided to hop in a car with a guy whilst disregarding Laura. But Laura obsesses over him all the same due to knowing him for so long and him being her first boyfriend.

Psychological thriller at the end of the day

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I was recommended this as "Extreme Horror" and there are definitely elements of that, but it's a few graphic scenes in a heartbreaking, decades-long story of CPTSD and the inability to move on from grief. Not what I was looking for, but it's beautifully written with an amazing voice performer.

Beautiful, incredibly sad.

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I wish there would have been more answers to the questions. But overall a good listen

A quick good listen

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This novella made my skin prickle with unease. I felt like I could be Laura, in another life. That’s what made the work so successful- how incredibly real everything felt. “Dear Laura” had a solid plot from the first page to the last, demonstrated a strategically careful yet quick pace, and
does not leave the audience wanting more at the end. The trifecta for a good microfiction, really. Furthermore, the level of dread that the author created without explicitly detailing some of the more brutal aspects of the book (despite the subject matter) is impressive. It highlights the effects of stalking, grooming, and child predators in a very real, honest way- but without going all “Modern Hysteria” (which is a great Splatterpunk novel, but a walking trigger warning).

A sucker punch to the gut with an evil, scummy antagonist.

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A Binge-worthy, Unputdownable story of one woman's horrible connection to a killer. I love the book and highly recommend it .

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