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Title: Harlan
Author: David Whitman
Narrator: Tim Campbell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-09-11
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
"....there are times where they probably will punish you for asking. But that only means that you're having an effect on the system."
Harlan Sexton
Harlan is about a suicidal, death-obsessed teenager by the name of Harlan Sexton. Turning himself into a ticking bomb, he has decided to kill himself at the end of the school year unless his closest friend, Julian, can find a way to change his mind. And that's just the beginning - the tension is amped up by the return of his abusive redneck father, a town serial killer stalking his female classmates, and an all-out violent war between Harlan and a jock bully from school. If John Hughes had directed a movie inspired by the Columbine tragedy, it would be like this book.
Members Reviews:
After school special
What did you like best about Harlan? What did you like least?
The reader was very good. The story was nice just a little too juvenile for my taste. It would be a great read for a teenager.
What was most disappointing about David Whitmans story?
It really went nowhere. From the synopsis I thought there would be a lot of tension and conflict, but even the serial killer aspect of the plot left me flat. Really, just nothing happened. It continued exactly as it opened - the diary ramblings of a depressed angst-ridden teenage boy.
Which character as performed by Tim Campbell was your favorite?
Harlan. Tim Campbell has a great voice. If it were not for him I probably would have stopped listening after chapter 5.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No. Maybe when I was 16.
I was surprised that I enjoyed this story so much
I did not expect that listening to a story about a suicidal teen could be so compelling. The character grew on me as the story unfolded. The narration was very fine. A well told story.