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Dark Room Etiquette

By: Robin Roe
Narrated by: Andrew J. Andersen
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We Were Liars meets Room in this masterfully plotted psychological thriller from the critically acclaimed author of A List of Cages,Robin Roe.

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD SAYERS WAYTE HAS EVERYTHING.

Popularity, good looks, perfect grades—there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy.

Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie.

Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he must forget the world he once knew, and play the part his abductor has created for him.

But as time passes, the line between fact and fiction starts to blur, and Sayers begins to wonder if he can escape . . . before he loses himself.

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Compelling Thriller • Psychological Depth • Well-developed Characters • Masterful Storytelling • Trauma Exploration

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It's amazing how one single moment can forever change our lives, be it big or small. For Sayers, that one moment changed his life in a major way and redefined his entire being. This book really calls one to do some self reflection and reevaluate who you are vs. who you want to be. It also speaks to forgiveness and the genuineness or not of the relationships we have with others.

Great book!

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I’m not the biggest fan of YA and I keep saying I’m not going to read so much of it anymore. But here I am, and Dark Room Etiquette is my favorite book of 1922. I felt Sayers journey, from his arrogant and privileged beginnings to his humbling and tragic middle and his later struggles to overcome his trauma and be a better person.
Robin Roe understands people and masterfully brings their stories to life. She’s great at character building and storytelling. This was a rare book that I wanted more after the story ended.

Excellent book

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I really enjoyed the ups and downs of this story. It took me a little bit to get into it, but after all the groundwork was laid, I couldn’t stop listening to find out what was going to happen next.

Well written

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Sayers’s character arc was so satisfying. The middle of the book while he was in captivity dragged a bit, but it was absolutely necessary for the story and his transformations. The repetitiveness was so effective. And I absolutely loved his unexpected friendship in the third act. I have a few quibbles: I really wanted to see more with Luke, and too many characters were just awful to him. The lack of support given to him strained my disbelief. But it really was a compelling book, and I stayed up way too late to finish it! 

Couldn’t stop listening once I got to the second half 

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I liked this book thru out the entire thing. But loved it when the actual author gave some back story about why and how he came to write the book. Then it just hit home. The entire book is about how each of us has to find our own way out of deep trauma and the damage it causes. And since I did suffer at the hands of a molester for most of my young teens into early adulthood, I had to learn my own way out of that darkness....

All the characters are well developed and I am pretty sure I have known every one of them in real life. The good, the bad and the ugly. And the sometimes ugly, but mostly good. And the sometimes good, but mostly bad. The ones who feel entitled, the ones who reach out to help others because they see the need.

I am so glad I gave this story a chance...

Not just for YA listeners

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