Dark Eden audiobook

Holy freaking cow! Now this is a thriller! I often go into books believing them to be thrillers, when they end up being barely creepy with a romance -or something similarly annoying- taking over the story. Dark Eden was not the case. It had me almost piss my pants! Seriously! I was reading this at 2 in the afternoon in a very bright and cheerful environment, wrapped up in the book, when my husband gets home... He throws the door open and I practically jumped out of my skin! I thought my heart would beat out of my chest! It was so much fun!!Will, a 17 year old with a crippling phobia (of unmentioned nature to avoid spoilers), gets sent to an institution, with 6 other kids, that can apparently cure fears. As soon as they arrive, Will escapes from the group and ends up hiding in what appears to be a panic room... A panic room with monitors that lets him see what's going on in the institution. Does this sound ominous enough for you? Prior to reading the book, visiting Dark Eden's website worked wonders on my mind's eye. It has videos, audio diaries, pictures, even a fun fear test, that really gets the imagination going. The teaser video is incredibly creepy and the freaky pictures sets the mood just right. This greatly added to my amazing experience with the book. I suggest you visit it beforehand.Everyone is wary of the unknown to some degree. Patrick's Dark Eden makes a great example of this. He took an especially creepy premise full of questions and unexplained occurrences and gave us a spine-chilling novel. The big plot twist isn't completely impossible to deduce - I'm sure most will guess to a certain extent, but the whole ordeal behind it and sinister feeling throughout the book had me covered in goosebumps the whole way through. I never knew what's going to happen next and on top of that, I was made constantly afraid of Will's discovery.The protagonist, Will, is smart, competent and brave. At times I was fearing this bravery, but I was also confident in his decisions. The other kids in the institution are not incredibly distinct, but their interactions aren't prominent outside of what Will sees on the monitors. There are little tiny specks of romance in the story as well, which is not incredibly necessary but adds a bit of fun to all the angst. The ending has bit of everything: despair, contentment and foreboding. It's not a cliffhanger ending, although it's left open for the possibility of a sequel.Ultimately, Dark Eden fully exceeded my expectations. It's a very thrilling and interesting read that I think readers who like getting spooked will enjoy. Still not sure? If you take a look at the website you'll get an idea of the vibe of the book.

I had no idea what to expect from this book just because the synopsis was so subtle and didn't give much information. I was blown away by the deception and the mystery involving Fort Eden as I'm sure most people were.I definitely didn't realize this would be a thriller/paranormal book. Throughout the whole book you're literally left in the dark. Seven teenagers with unknown fears have been sent to Fort Eden to get their fears cured. Sounds straight forward right? Well it's a little more complicated than that. I needed to keep reading. I needed to know what Rashford was up to. Things didn't add up.I liked Will's character. Always questioning things, never believing a word he said. He was smart to be stubborn. Because once you find out the truth, well you definitely clap Will on the back!There was just enough romance, mystery and thrills to keep you reading. This is a wonderful book filled with twists and turns.Quotes"It would have been epic-unforgettable-romantic-awesomeness."—Will (245)"What he does,he does in secret."—Will (313)

Just how far would you go to cure yourself of your darkest fears? What price would you be willing to pay?Fort Eden promises a cure for even the most incurable of phobias. A cure that will take you to the darkest depths of your fear, making you confront what terrorizes you the most.But in the end, if you make it through and the cure doesn’t kill you, you will be able to live a normal life. Free of the crippling dread that once left you paralyzed.But at what cost? How much of yourself would you be willing to give up to be free? And would it still be worth it if you knew just what dark purposes were achieved in order for you to be cured?If living free of your worst nightmares is worth any price, then welcome to Fort Eden….***Dark Eden is a gripping story that will draw readers into the mystery of Fort Eden and the seven teens who are sent there to confront and overcome their fears.As each piece of the puzzle is slowly revealed about this remote facility that promises a cure to what seem to be incurable phobias, new questions arise, leaving readers to guess as to just who Rainsford is and how the supposed cures really work.When Will Besting and the six other patients – Ben, Kate, Alex, Connor, Marisa and Avery – first arrive at Fort Eden, Will releases he just can’t go through with it. So, as the others head to the Fort, Will takes off, figuring he can hide out until the week is over.While he does have provisions that can sustain him for the week, what he fails to realize is that the nights are extremely cold. So when he gets the opportunity to sneak into the bunker that is adjacent to the facility, he takes a chance.And what he discovers in the basement of the bunker is both fascinating and chilling – a bomb shelter with monitors that allow him to watch the other patients as they receive their cures. So, as one by one each of the patients undergoes the process that supposedly cures them, Will watches unnoticed. Hidden away in the depths of the bunker, he is a voyeur to all that is happening.The more he sees, the more he begins to question just what is going on. And in his attempt to find out the secret behind the cures and what Fort Eden really is, he may just become its next victim.Author Patrick Carman has done something quite different by offering this story as both a complete novel and one that can be approached as a multimedia experience.Exploring the word of Fort Eden through audio and video, as well as through the written word, can make each reader’s experience an individual one depending on just how much or how little of each of the different media they choose to incorporate into their reading.While choosing to include some, or all, of these extras into the story does enhance the overall effect, it is not required to enjoy this book. Told entirely in the first person from Will Besting’s perspective, it’s as if readers are experiencing the horrors of Fort Eden right along with Will.Dark Eden is a fast-paced and captivating story with a twist at the end that readers just might not see coming.On a personal note:I wasn’t sure what to expect when I received a copy of Dark Eden for review. I hadn’t heard about it until it arrived in my mailbox, but from the description (especially that last line), the tagline “Fear is the Cure,” and the cover, it sounded really cool. Definitely something I might enjoy.I was a little bit wary after I took a peek inside and saw the chapters were named after the different characters in the story. I was so sure that this would be told by each of the seven characters and I thought that having this story told from all those perspectives might be just a bit too much.But when I finally picked it up and got past the first chapter I was ecstatic to discover that the entire story was told from Will Besting’s point of view.I got off to a little bit of a slow start with this book, as I found myself puzzling over just what was going on during the first few pages. I spent way too much time trying to figure things out, rather than reading on and getting absorbed in the story. Which I did. Very shortly thereafter.And once I did, I was completely taken in. By Will. By everything that was happening at Fort Eden. I wanted to know just what each character’s fears were, what Fort Eden was doing to them and whether everything would be okay in the end. I just had this bad feeling that things would end on a dark note.In addition to this being a thriller, there was a mystery, which I immediately set out to try and unravel. And while I was able to figure out most of the story’s secrets and the character’s motives, I did end up missing the biggest one of them all.Though I had a few suspicions, I didn’t discover everything there was to know and didn’t quite get what I did piece together right. When everything was revealed at the story’s end, I found myself saying, “Huh” and “Didn’t see that coming….”Will Besting was the most interesting – and surprising – of the seven patients at Fort Eden and I liked having the whole story told from his perspective. I loved how he was practically a ghost at Fort Eden for the majority of his stay, wandering alone, in secret and afraid, but I wish he could have explored some more. I would have loved to get a longer look at Fort Eden.I did download the App for my iPhone and checked out the free episode Arrival and watched some of the videos and listened to some of the audio. Which really did enhance the experience of this book. But I did all that after my read, rather than combining both and making this a truly interactive experience.The videos and audio added a level of creepiness to the Dark Eden experience, but I would have liked to have the author paint more of a picture through his words and through Will’s observations in the book itself.I absolutely loved the bunker, which reminded me so much of the one in Lost with those monitors. But my favorite part of Fort Eden had to be the staircase that spiraled down into the endless dark. The one that Rainsford used to come and go.I also loved how the numbers and colors had meaning – which I won’t say anything more about because they are definitely spoiler-y.But what I loved the most – and it probably has something to do with my age and younger readers won’t find as interesting – were the observations and wrap-up at the end.I had wondered about a lot of what was talked about and revealed in that last section. And I liked that the author made his reasons for including certain things a part of the story rather than simply explaining things in an afterword.As soon as Will and the other six were headed to Fort Eden I was hooked and was not able to put this down until all my questions were answered. And Will Besting made me smile, right up to – and especially because of – the last line.This was such an enjoyable and easy read, with a mystery to solve, a few eerie and chilling moments, especially as pertains to Rainsford, and a pretty huge twist at the end. And while this was not a heartbreaking story, there was just something so sad about how it all ended.

Patrick Carman you have done it again, you are by far my favorite author, and this continues to be my favorite series that you have written. Dark Eden. It was an amazing thriller of out of the ordinary kids seeking help for different psychological issues they have and find a Doctor who claims they can cure them, but at what cost? Read it yourself to find out.

Like the title of this review says, I LOVED Dark Eden! But I sort of knew I was going to the moment I read the premise for it. I'm someone who has always been interested in the different phobias that exist and how some of the more ridiculous ones (that tended to show up on the Maury show...a show I've NEVER watched...not at all) tended to make people freak the hell out. Basically, I'm interested in the psychology of it all. And since this book was a psychological thriller, it had the potential to be full of win for me. Which it was. Yay!What I loved most about Dark Eden (besides the insight into phobias, I mean) were the characters. This is one of those books where you have 7 teens vastly different from one another, yet they're relateable in that you immediately think that you know someone like them. It's very easy to fall into the trap of having them come out cartoonish or stereotypical. Luckily for everyone involved, these characters fell far from stereotypic. Another good thing is that I could see where every single character's fear was coming from. It seemed like it was something so tied to their personality that I didn't think the writer just pulled a particular fear out of thin air and just pressed it upon whatever character tickled his fancy. Each one of the fears made sense. And it was sort of fun for me to try to figure out which character would have which phobia. Sometimes you can tell immediately (like with Will), othertimes it took a while for me to figure out, yet when it cropped up, I thought "Of course!"However, the most awesome thing about Dark Eden were the elaborate twists and turns that even I couldn't figure out ahead of time (and I almost ALWAYS figure it out ahead of time). Seriously, some of the twists and turns just came out of left field, but still somehow made absolute sense. And were sort of creepy, to boot. I'm awed at how the author's mind works when you take in how it started, with the phobias, and how it ended, with something I'm not going to give away. Mind-blowing! So, mind-blowing that I'm going to admit that my ego's a little bit bruised that I couldn't see it coming.So, I loved Dark Eden. It was a semi-creepy, psychological thriller that I really want a second installment of (even if it really wouldn't make much sense). It was fantastically written, immensely interesting, and overall full of awesome. However, as I read this as an ARC, I didn't get the app that's supposed to be included in it. In fact, I find that whole aspect of it to be a bit gimmicky, so just know that if you decide to forego that particular item, as I did, you won't be missing much as the story clearly doesn't need it.

THE FAERYS VIEWImagine your absolute worst fear and then multiply it by 100. That fear is so severe that it interferes with every aspect of your life-awake and asleep, if you’re able. That is what brings Will Besting and six other teens to Fort Eden, a special ‘Clinic’ where they’ll undergo treatment to cure them of their phobias but what they find there isn’t so much salvation as descent into the unknown where their fears are brought to life a what happens at the end of their time there just might be worse than their life altering phobias.Dark Eden by Patrick Carman is told in first person by Will, we’re taken on a suspenseful psychological thrill ride when he escapes the group and hides in a room where he’s able to view almost everything that’s happening on video monitors. With the help of the group’s facilitator, Dr. Rainsford, Will watches as each member of the group enters a mysterious chamber and comes out miraculously cured. Will watches closely though and every person cured seems to have something wrong, an ache or pain here, excessive sleepiness there; it just doesn’t add up and Will fears there is something very dark at work in Fort Eden.Dark Eden was a little slow at the beginning but it picked up fairly quickly. I was bothered by the fact that I didn’t get to know what each person’s phobia was, particularly Wills, until much later in the book. There is an underlying creepiness that pervades the entire book and the narrative is such that sometimes you feel as if you’re vacationing in Wills head-an extremely bizarre place to be but also kind of cool because he’s so smart and distrustful. I found myself becoming increasingly paranoid and weirded out even when I wasn’t sure if he was a little off his rocker or in the beginning when I was urging him in my mind to rejoin the group. This takes me to the plot! Mr. Carman kept me guessing until the very end and there were some plot twists that I didn’t see coming.Dark Eden is a unique book, intriguing and fresh along with thrilling and suspenseful. The ending is definitely not what I expected and makes up for the slowness of the beginning. THE FAERY SAYS YOU JUST MAY LIKE THIS BOOK!

This book messes with your head from start to finish, in a good way. For a book that is mostly the main character watching or listening to other people, it's really good. Seven kids with apparently incurable fears are sent to a retreat in the woods where they are promised a cure. The main character, Will, doesn't think this is all on the up and up, so he sneaks away from the group before the enter the compound and hides. When he finds a secret room in the basement of the caretaker's home, he is able to watch the others and eventually listen to them as they are cured. None of this makes him feel any better about the cures.Will is a great character, you spend the whole book in his head and it quickly becomes a very comfortable place to be. His crush on one of the other teens is completely believable, even given his particular fear. As he figures out the mysteries of the compound, you figure them out. For the most part he figures them out just about the time you are getting ready to die of curiosity. However I did figure out one twist before it was revealed. While some of the other characters fall a little flat, to the point where it is easy to get them confused, I can forgive that. We are seeing them through Will, so we only knows what he knows. He's not going to know a lot of what makes them tick. If he knew any more than he does he wouldn't come off as real as he did. Things fizzle a bit in the big reveal at the end. It's so obvious by that point what is going on that it almost doesn't need to be said. All the same, an interesting idea and I wanted more.

Will and six other teens have fears that are not being solved in regular therapy. They are sent to Fort Eden where they are going to face their fears head on. Will does not want to go. When the rest of the group is walking through the forest to the bunker, Will sneaks off and hides in the cooks basement in an old bomb shelter. While there, Will finds monitors that help him watch what is happening to the other people during their cures.The other six people have a chapter dedicated to their treatments. Will hacked into his doctors system and downloaded their files so he knows about their fears. We learn about them when they go through treatment. When the others come out of treatment, they are completely cured but they tend to have different ailments. Something funny is going on and Will is determined to find out what.I liked this book. It kept you on the edge of your seat trying to figure out what each person’s fears were and where they came from. I felt for each of them and what they went through. I was blown away by the ending and will admit that I was not impressed with it. I did give a feel of paranormal in an otherwise thriller story. I felt it was weak after everything else that happened throughout the book.Having said that, I do feel that it was a god book. I am going to look for Patrick Carman’s other stories.I received this book for the Amazon Vine program in exchange for an honest review.

So lucky to grab an ARC of this. Absolutely phenomenal suspense and horror novel for teens. With a main character so afflicted by constant fear, Carman's writing lets you feel every bit of it. You'll spend the entire book thoroughly creeped out. Carman sets up a complex main character who refuses to interact with his peers, and at the same time the secondary characters manage to be well-developed as well. Will sees everyone as a potential villain, but the real villains are definitely not who he expects. The twist at the end will surely surprise you. In the end this book is about more than a scare, or a plot twist. It's about the nature of fear, of overcoming it, and its true value. There's even a bit of a bittersweet romance thrown in. Highly recommended for ages 12 and up, especially teen boys who will love the action and relate to Will.

This is a book about Will Besting and his initially unnamed fear, along with 6 others with hidden fears who are enrolled in a special program to become cured of those fears. I probably never would've chosen to read this book (the summary sounded too creepy and dark), but I won it on a blog giveaway. And I'm glad, because I enjoyed reading it. My husband read and enjoyed it too. It wasn't as creepy and dark as I'd feared. I liked the mystery of what was going on--which I did guess, even though I didn't know WHY. The WHY was shockingly cool and satisfying. The overall pacing was good--it definitely kept me reading to find out what happened next. The romance was light but nice. There were some good lines and descriptions, and the author is good at setting up suspense and a tense mood.

this book is pretty good its bout these kids who have fears like bad fears and it ruins their lives. so they go to this place where they think it will make them better!!! i know my review sounds lame but thts the jist of the book its really good you should read it!!

Story started slow and didn't seem to pick up until about half way through the book but if u push through the beginning it ends well.

Esse livro definitivamente é para adolescentes.Eu realmente gostei de ler e fiquei viciada, li em 2 dias pois estava curiosa com os próximos acontecimentos. Confesso que os plot twists existentes me pegaram desprevenida; no entanto, o personagem principal, Will, me incomodou em alguns pontos como a relutância em entrar no Forte e a forma como ele abordou o Davis, onde eu esperava que fosse algo mais intenso. Avaliei com quatro estrelas por conta disso mas reitero que esse livro NÃO É YA e é voltado para adolescentes. Como bibliotecária, indicaria fácil esse livro para os meus usuários. //Guys, this book its definitely for teens I truly enjoyed read this book, i got addicted. I found the plot twist very intriguing and I didn't expected. However, I rated 4 stars because I got disappointed with Will due to his lack of decision and the way he chased and talked with Davis, I expected something more intense. As a librarian, I would definitely recommend to the teenager public. And if you're expecting something as YA, I'm sorry but this book it's not for you.