Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Wilds: A Novel
Sarah Pearse · 2024
🎙 Narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (Penguin Audio, released July 16, 2024)
72/100
👍 Worth It
A satisfying close to the Elin Warner trilogy, with an isolated Portuguese wilderness setting that does real work building dread around a twin's disappearance. Elizabeth Knowelden's narration is genuinely top-notch and keeps the dual storylines gripping throughout. A strong pick, though it plays best once you've listened to the first two books in the series.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Elizabeth Knowelden's narration is described by listeners as 'top notch' and key to sustaining the book's atmospheric tension.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety66
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing76
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit66
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict72
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