The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma
The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma
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The Walls Around Us

Author: Nova Ren Suma

Narrator: Sandy Rustin, Georgia King

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/24/2015


Synopsis

"Ori's dead because of what happened out behind the theater, in the tunnel made out of trees. She's dead because she got sent to that place upstate, locked up with those monsters. And she got sent there because of me." "The Walls Around Us" is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices--one still living and one long dead. On the outside, there's Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. On the inside, within the walls of a girls' juvenile detention center, there's Amber, locked up for so long she can't imagine freedom. Tying these two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls' darkest mysteries. We hear Amber's story and Violet's, and through them Orianna's, first from one angle, then from another, until gradually we begin to get the whole picture--which is not necessarily the one that either Amber or Violet wants us to see. Nova Ren Suma tells a supernatural tale of guilt and innocence, and what happens when one is mistaken for the other.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 16, 2015

Not one of us was truly innocent, not when we were made to stand in the light, our bits and cavities and cavity fillings exposed. What a beautifully-written little mind fuck. I finished The Walls Around Us and spent a few minutes in silence, just wondering how it's possible for an author to dream......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on May 24, 2016

What a phenomenal book this was. So unique, so different, so suspenseful. This is my first book by Nova Ren Suma but it won’t be by last. I gained so much respect for this author and I’m hoping she’ll be a new favorite. This novel is frightening in every sense: both because of outer events and the i......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on October 23, 2019

This had a promising start, but honestly everything just kind of fell apart for me after the halfway mark. Big womp.......more

Goodreads review by Giselle on February 25, 2015

Another fabulously strange book from Nova Ren Suma! The writing is brilliant, the way the story is told is mesmerizing and deeply disturbing. I just loved it! First I have to say that the blurb reveals too much. I went into this without re-reading it, and I personally think that if I had known more t......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on August 31, 2015

Maybe, long ago, we used to be good. Maybe all little girls are good in the beginning. This book… I can’t even begin to describe how utterly weird but also captivating it was. Nova Ren Suma, you have messed with my head. This is a tale of innocence, jealousy, darkness, obsession, madness, etc. It’s to......more