Neverworld Wake, Marisha Pessl
Neverworld Wake, Marisha Pessl
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Neverworld Wake

Author: Marisha Pessl

Narrator: Phoebe Strole

Unabridged: 8 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

Five teens are caught in a continuous time loop where they are forced to choose who lives and who dies in this absorbing psychological thriller from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.

"Beautifully creepy." --The New York Times
"You won't be able to stop reading." --Refinery29
"Dark and twisty." --Bustle

Five friends. Only one can survive. Who would you choose?

It's been one year since graduation, and Beatrice Hartley has mixed feelings about joining her friends a weekend reunion. She's right to be worried. After a night out, they narrowly avoid a collision with a car on a deserted road. Or so they believe...

Back at the mansion where they are staying, a mysterious man knocks on the door during a raging storm. He tells them that they must make a choice: one of them will live, and the rest will die. And the decision must be unanimous.

Soon time backbends. Beatrice and her friends are forced to repeat that dreadful day so many times they lose count. With each replay, events twist and fears come alive in horrifying ways.

To escape, they have to vote. But how do you choose who to kill? And then how do you live with yourself? This nightmare, this nothingness . . . this is the Neverworld Wake.

From critically acclaimed, literary sensation, Marisha Pessl, comes a spellbinding story that is "the kind of book you'll tear through and then want to talk about with everyone you know." (Nylon).

About The Author

Marisha Pessl is the author of Night Film and Special Topics in Calamity Physics, which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and currently resides in New York City.Phoebe Strole originated the role of Anna in the Broadway production of Spring Awakening. Most recently, she starred in Kung Fu at the Signature Theater. Her film and television credits include My One and OnlyHamlet 2Glee, and Rescue Me.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lala on October 23, 2018

Fuck. yes.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on July 11, 2018

I really enjoyed this book! I managed to remain intrigued throughout the entire story. So many twists and turns. A great first young adult novel from Marisha Pessl! CW: death, murder, suicide, depression If you’re going into this book expected a young adult rendition of Night Film, don’t pick this one......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on October 14, 2022

"Sometimes there are no answers, Sometimes you find love, Sometimes the dark has teeth, Sometimes it hides doves. The one thing you can expect in life, As you step down its twisted road, Is that you will be speechless. Then? Ask someone who knows." -J. C. Gossamer Madwick, The Dark House at Elsewhere Bend Be......more

Goodreads review by karen on July 26, 2018

hm. yeah, i think i am going to stick with a flat three on this one. it’s a shame, because i was looking forward to this with hearts in my eyes and a quiver in my loins and i even got a sweet signed copy, but while it is a thoroughly enjoyable, medium book, it stays right there in the middle. in the......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on November 29, 2018

This was REALLY cool. Like, way cooler than I expected it to be. Definitely recommend if you're interested in a YA thriller that thinks outside the box!......more


Quotes

A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
 
"Neverworld Wake is a shape-shifting binge read . . . It's a 'clear your calendar' kind of one-day read." --Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel World

"An altogether eerie, philosophically challenging exploration of the ways in which our actions have consequences . . . the kind of book you'll tear through and then want to talk about with everyone you know immediately after finishing." -- Nylon

"The first must-read of beach season." --Town & Country

★ "Sophisticated."—VOYA, starred review

"Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) adeptly creates a compelling nightmare world while maintaining a foothold in realism. Thought-provoking and suspenseful." --PW

"Unpredictable, exciting, and emotionally wrenching." --SLJ

"An eloquent and haunting tale." --Kirkus Reviews

"Odd, atmospheric." --Booklist
 
“A dark and twisty tale brimming with psychological suspense.” —Bustle