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    Thinner

    Written by Stephen King

    Narrated by Joe Mantegna

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    The “extraordinary” (Booklist) novel of a cursed man’s quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes…nothing at all. This #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, “pulsates with evil…[and] will have you on the edge of your seat” (Publishers Weekly).

    “You can’t do anything… It’s gone too far. You understand, Halleck? Too…far.

    Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He’s got it all­—an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family…and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking old woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful local connections, and gets off with a slap on the wrist…much to the fury of the woman’s mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single word: “Thinner.” Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly—and rapidly—by the week. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck…unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse what’s happened to him before he utterly wastes away…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781508217381
    Author

    Stephen King

    Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. 

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    • 5/5
      This ending was really really satisfying to me. A lot better than “the long run”— when it comes to Stephen King endings endings. I was on the edge of my seat for 80% of the book got through it in a day!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      The story was great! 3 stars because the audio kept clipping in and out, whole parts of the story were missing for me

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    • 4/5
      Great book and narration but the never ending guitar scraping sound effects are beyond distracting.

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    • 4/5
      The narration is great and the book is brilliant but the random music throughout drowns out Joe’s voice and just doesn’t blend well.
      Overall good but the music may put some people off listening through
    • 4/5
      Overall great book. The end was a twist I did not see coming, another great read by Stephen King.
    • 4/5
      Not a fan of the weird electronic noises they add but good book.
    • 4/5
      Little confusing but overall decent. Narrator did an excellent job.
    • 3/5
      The story was good however the ending was a little predictable. Narration was very good but what killed this book for me was the horrible music, and I use that term very loosely, that they played at practically every chapters end.
    • 5/5
      Pretty good King novel in the usual style. I was a bit surprised to find yet another book of his circled around the topic of weight loss. "Elevated" was a bit lighter, though.
    • 4/5
      Book is great. Performance is great. Music is trash. No audiobook should include music.
    • 5/5
      Joe Mantegna is my favorite narrator. A voice for the ages, and with range. This is definitely a recording that I will revisit. King’s story is fresh, dark and rich and pulses as if with a heartbeat of its own. Listen in for a thick slice of gypsy pie.
    • 5/5
      an eerie book about something we all typically want to do
    • 5/5
      Classic King is the best King.
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    • 4/5
      Good book. Joe did a good job as narrator. The music however was distracting and annoying
    • 3/5
      Annoying Noise throughout recording. The narrator is very good, however every three to 20 minutes there is very loud and annoying music or just noise it's really horrible and loud. So if you just like to listen to the story you might be jarred every 3 minutes and you never know when.
      Ive never experienced anything quite like it.
    • 5/5
      good book very entertaining the ending sucks a nice way to kill some time
    • 3/5
      What is up with the sound effects in this. Terrible
    • 4/5
      Good suspenseful story, not his best but still enjoyable enough
    • 5/5
      Such a great storyline. It was really a tale of an individual person's struggle and desperation. And the ending was totally unexpected!
    • 5/5
      Very well read. He painted it while reading the book like watching it on the big screen. I could feel the Erieness as if I were in the story.
    • 5/5
      Book was great, music in narration was very very annoying.
    • 3/5
      I really enjoyed Mantegna’s narration, especially of Ginelli (the character he also plays in the movie) but I couldn’t stand the music. It just took the quality way down for me.
    • 4/5
      Joe Mantegna did a good job, and there were interesting sounds effects.
    • 5/5
      A very interesting and captivating story. Also. Joe Mantegna rules!
    • 5/5
      Great story. it took me a while to get used to SK's writing style. His characters have bouts of conscience flashbacks that threw me off early on lol. But once I caught up the ride was amazing. better than the 1996 movie.
    • 5/5
      listening to the reading was great! The story itself is one that I believe could happen
    • 5/5
      Brilliant. The horror of human nature.
      Excellent narration. Better sound mixing than Insomnia, i.e., weird interstitial music and sounds but doesn't drown the narrator or make my ears bleed.
    • 5/5
      While this novel was amazing on it's own, Joe Mantenga's narration made it even better!!! The music was eerie and went so well with the novel.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely love Steven King! This book was really good kept me wanting to keep reading!
    • 5/5
      Excellent…as always
      Makes you want to pick up his next book
      Really entertaining