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    Sliver
    Sliver
    Sliver
    Audiobook6 hours

    Sliver

    Written by Ira Levin

    Narrated by Simone Lewis

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    About this audiobook

    Kay Norris, a successful single woman of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan's Upper East Side, into an apartment in a slender high rise, a ""sliver"" building.

    A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building; a shocking secret is concealed within its brick and concrete. Sliver is a hypnotic story of obsession, suspense, and stunning surprises. It is a novel about ultimate power, and the temptations the use of that power brings.

    With ice cold precision, Levin, the author of Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, creates a mesmerizing story that culminates in a scene of electrifying suspense.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 24, 2014
    ISBN9780062357779
    Sliver
    Author

    Ira Levin

    Novelist and playwright Ira Levin (1929-2007) was a native New Yorker whose books include A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary's Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, Sliver, and Son of Rosemary. His plays include No Time for Sergeants, Critic's Choice, and the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap. An alumnus of New York University, Levin also wrote the lyrics of the Barbra Streisand classic "He Touched Me," and was the recipient of three Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America (including 2003's 'Grand Master'), as well as the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.

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    • 2/5
      [ 1st ed. at goodwill ]props for the voyeuristic component, but other than that the prose is lacking.
    • 4/5
      It took me a little while to get into the writing style. There are a lot of sentence fragments. Actually, nearly the entire book is written in sentence fragments. At first I thought it was just bad writing, but it really adds to the tension in the book. The entire book is about being watched, and when you're watching someone you don't think in full sentences. Once I got into it, I really liked it. Left me feeling uncomfortable and on edge.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic book, great audiobook too; the voice really gives it the punch it needs in the crucial moments and doesn't let you rest.
    • 5/5
      Kay Norris, a successful single lady of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Upper East Side district of Carnegie Hill in Manhattan. The building she moves into is a slender, silvery high rise full of exclusive apartments. The building's landlord is personable, if slightly obsessive, but very solicitous of his tenants' various comforts. Only after she moves in does Kay discover that the tabloids have nicknamed her building "The Horror High Rise". Four unexplained deaths have occurred during the building's construction, and a fifth one is about to happen...I really enjoyed reading Silver by Ira Levin. It was a very intriguing story and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes horror. I think that I saw at least part of the movie that was made in 1993, and starred Sharon Stone and William Baldwin. In my opinion, the book was much better than the movie. I give Sliver by Ira Levin an A+!
    • 5/5
      First line~ It was a good Monday morning to begin with - the Hoffmans slugging it out again, Dr. Palme on the phone with a suicidal ex-patient, the Coles' maid getting it off with one of their vibrators, Lesley and Phil meeting in the laundry room - and then it got even better~I just finished [Sliver] by Ira Levin in three days. At 190 pages this was a fast read! I found this novel totally gripping!I appreciated Levin’s sparse prose, the way the words kept the action moving rapidly forward without sacrificing character development. Definitely creepy and I could not put it down. For 185 pages I was mesmerized. Everything seemed to me to be totally believable and then something happened 5 pages from the end that almost ruined the whole book for me. It just left the realm of plausibility and entered the realm of complete unbelievabllity.However, I have decided that the suspense of those first 185 pages was well worth the read and am giving this a 4.5 star rating since, honestly, I could hardly put it down. The ending keeps it from getting a 5.0 as one of my all time favourites, although it is certainly close.4.5 stars