Definitely an interesting listen. A bit slow in the beginning, and it was hard for me personally to connect with the main character because I myself and estranged from my father. So it was quite intriguing to see the possible other side of that certain dynamic.

The author kept me in the story throughout and waited for the reveals until the exact right moment, which I appreciate.

Quite a short audiobook, although it did seem to take a while to get going, it is purposefully mysterious/ vague as part of the suspense. It definitely felt meandering in places and was left very open ended. I feel like there is space for a follow up.



I really enjoyed the narrator Eric Jason Martin, he has a great tone of voice and good emphasis in the right places which can make such a difference.

Awfully disappointing. The beginning had such potential, middle kinda dropped off a bit, and then the ending was just so unsatisfying. I had more questions than I did in the beginning and just felt no payoff.

Thanks # netgallery for this book in exchange for an honest review. This book was so much more than I expected. After I finished I couldn't write my review because my mind was so full of thoughts. I still have many questions and ideas but I am glad. I enjoyed this book. Recommended

Passersthrough was the first book that I have read by Peter Rock. I listened to the audiobook of Passersthrough that was narrated by Eric Jason Martin. His voice was perfect for the narration. It was creepy enough and luring and made me want to keep listening even when I was totally confused and frustrated with where this story plot was going. The beginning seemed promising but as the plot took off in other directions I found it to be less convincing.

Passersthrough was a story about a father and daughter relationship. Benjamin and Helen, father and daughter, had been estranged for twenty-five years before they agreed to see each other again. Helen was all grown up now and worked and lived in California. From the time Helen was eleven years old, she lived with her mother and had no more contact with her father until the day she visited him at his home in Portland, Oregon. When Helen was eleven years old, she and her father Benjamin went camping together in the wilderness of Mount Rainier National Park. Benjamin believed at the time that it would be a nice adventure to experience together. To Benjamin’s bewilderment and horror, when he woke up, there was no sign of Helen. She had disappeared. He frantically looked for her but was unsuccessful in finding her. Even the authorities were having trouble finding her. Finally, after being lost for a week, she finally just appeared, dirty and with no memory of what had happened to her over that week that she had been lost. Benjamin and Helen’s mother divorced. Helen’s mother forbade any contact between Benjamin and Helen. When Helen arrived at Benjamin’s home, twenty five years since she had last seen or heard from her father, her mother was now dead. Helen and Benjamin, still haunted by that camping experience, tried to conjure up suppressed memories of what had happened to Helen all those years ago. Unfortunately, Helen was never able to remember what happened to her all those years ago. In order to stay in touch with her father, Helen set up a fax machine and recording device which Benjamin reluctantly began to use to keep in touch with his daughter and share isolated memories with her.

If Passersthrough had stayed with this storyline of the plot and had expanded upon it, I would have probably enjoyed this book so much more. However, Peter Rock, introduced two new random characters and a dog. The plot started to get weird and in my opinion, not realistic. When Benjamin was bitten on the face by this dog, a sister and brother entered Benjamin’s life. Benjamin allowed them to enter and use his home and car without his say so. It was almost like he was in their power and could not stop interacting, following and doing whatever they suggested. This part bothered me a lot. He was the grownup and he had just made their acquaintance. Why was he so accommodating, trusting and beguiled by them? The ending of Passersthrough also left me unsatisfied and made me question what I had just listened to.

The narrator’s voice and performance enticed me to keep listening to Passersthrough by Peter Rock but after it was over I had to ask myself why? It was a very disjointed plot and some things made no sense to me. I guess this was why I try and stay away from supernatural ghost stories. I am not sure if I will read other books by this author if Passersthrough was any indication of the type of books he writes.

This story begins when Benjamin and his estranged daughter try to reconnect after over 20 years of separation.
Helen, Benjamin's daughter, at the age of eleven had disappeared during one of their camping trips and didn't show up at a stranger's home, many miles away, until days later. The circumstances of her disappearance were strange, particularly due to this camping trip being at "Sad Clown Lake", a lake you can only find by getting lost. Benjamin was put under much scrutiny and was told to remove himself from Helen's life, hence the estrangement. When the two reconnect, strange things begin happening in Benjamin's life once again.

I have mixed feelings on this one! I very much enjoyed Rock's writing style, and the story is intriguing to say the least! The trope of "finding a magical/mystical place only by getting lost" is a fun one, and it was a pleasure to see it used in this story. I enjoyed the way the characters were written, the small town setting, and the horror elements were quite spooky! What was even more disturbing than the horror elements, though, was the way one particular character treated Benjamin, taking advantage of him in his old age. These things were all well done.

What I wasn't completely on board with was the amount of open-endedness this short book contained, and the amount of boxes that were opened but not explored. This could definitely be intentional as the book touches on aging and memories, but for me it was just too much for such a short story. To the unexplored aspects, this ties into the open-endedness a bit; there were not many characters, but between a couple of aspects that were character related and then the magical elements, there was just one too many things I was left wondering about there as well.

Overall I found this book worth the read, but I wasn't completely in love with it because by the end I was just confused and wanting more explanations. I would be interested in checking out more of Peter Rock's work, though, because I truly did enjoy his writing.

I also had listened to this on audiobook and Eric Jason Martin did a fabulous job as a narrator as well! He was very engaging. Sometimes my mind will wander while listening to audiobooks, but between the actual story and his narration, my full attention stayed on the story.

*I was given a copy of this title via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I finished this book a week ago and I’m still thinking about it.

Normally I’m not a fan of books with loose ends but the main character & his daughter might not have the answers we need.

Faulty memories, hauntings, new sketchy but helpful pushy friends.

There’s an incident 25 years ago where a father & young daughter get separated at a lake. When she shows up 100 miles away a week later wearing a tarp & underwear, well a cloud of suspicion follows her dad up to the current day & without some answers his daughter is reluctant to connect with him again.

So how do they connect? By FAX? Oh this is so good!!

It takes place in Oregon. I want to listen to the book again. I feel knowing what I know now that another read through would be truly enlightening. They picked a good narrator!

Thank you NetGalley & HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books. Great book.

This was a very quick read that I really enjoyed. It was creepy with lots of Weird Fiction vibes thrown in. This is not typical mainstream horror it is more philosophical and up for interpretation. If you like unique stories then I think you will enjoy Passerthrough.

Thanks to Netgalley and RB Media who sent me an ARC audiobook of this title in exchange for my honest review.

Twenty-five years after Helen disappeared for a week in the woods while camping with her father before being returned a week later, the two are estranged. They reconnect at Benjamin’s home in Portland, Oregon to try and figure out what happened all those years ago. Meanwhile, Benjamin meets a woman and boy who want to help him learn more about his daughters disappearance and lead him to a “murder house, uncanny possession, and a bone-filled body of water known as Sad Clown Lake, a lake ‘that could only be found by getting lost, that was never in the same place twice’.”

I was intrigued by the summary and was ready for a wild and creepy ride. Overall, it was fast-paced and I finished it quickly, but overall it was just okay. Maybe I should have done it in print? Sometimes I don’t click with male presenting narrators. I lost the thread a little here and there, and for such a short book, I felt like I should have been invested the whole time.

That’s okay, though, it’s still a cool premise, and it you like creepy and mysterious, this one might be right up your alley. It’s out on April 19th.

I listened to the audiobook for this and I think I would have liked to read it better because there was so much voicemails, emails. & faxes that the narrator had to read that I think it lost some of its appeal. But that may just be me.
When Helen was 11 she went on a camping trip with her dad and ended up going missing for a week. It’s now 25 years later and though Helen doesn’t remember much if anything about that fateful trip, she keeps her father at a distance, but he is desperate to keep her in his life, so he continues their relationship on her turns. When an encounter with some new neighbors introduced some new details about that missing week, they may just get the answers as to what really happened.
This was an interesting idea but it kind of lacked execution in some areas. As well some parts dragged and some items were left unresolved, and that may have been the authors way of letting the reader decide what was going on, but it kind of felt like both the characters and the story were not completely developed. I rounded up from 2.5 because I kind of liked listening to it despite the previous mentioned stuff.
Thanks to SoHo Press and NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.

2/5 stars. I did not like the voice actor and it made the book hard to listen to. Thank you so much for this ARC. I am going to buy this book and read it on my own when it comes out.

Twenty five years before this book begins, Helen, age eleven, disappears while on a camping trip with her father, Benjamin. She’s found a week later, a hundred miles from where she disappeared. The circumstances are never explained, and the incident leads to a divorce. Now, after the death of her mother, Helen tries to reconnect with Benjamin, but after her visit, her contact is mostly through faxes and phone calls.

Benjamin has a chance encounter with Melissa and Cisco, siblings who live near him, and who seem to know what happened all those years ago. They try to help Benjamin understand what happened. As the book progresses, odd things begin to happen, creating an eerie atmosphere to the novel.

The narration of the audiobook by Eric Jason Martin was outstanding, helping to create an atmosphere, not so much of dread, but of creepiness and oddness. The book itself doesn’t really have an ending (which I normally hate but somehow have no problem with in this book), leaving one to provide their own vision as to what happened.

My thanks to HighBridge Audio and to Netgalley for providing an ALC of this fascinating novel.

When Helen was 11 she went on a camping trip with her, but went missing for a week. Now 25yrs later Helen doesn't remember anything from that time but keeps her father Benjamin at a distance still. Preferring to talk to him through faxes, emails or voice messages. Benjamin is desperate to keep his connection with his daughter & understand why she is hesitant of him. A chance meeting with neighbours Melissa & her son Cisco might help get Benjamin some answers on Helen's missing week.

I listened to the audiobook & was a quick listen. The narrator Eric Jason Martin did an amazing job bringing this to life.

It was an interesting premise & liked the idea of what a 'passersthrough' is, but found the story lacked plot / details. I wish a few moments through out the book had been extended out a bit more to build out the world & really pull you in. You don't get a lot of answers & I'm wondering if this is to leave it up the interoperation of the reader / listener to decide what is going on...? But without a few more details feels like was only half a story & didn't get to know the characters enough.
I did enjoy Peter Rock's writing style & wouldn't mind checking out more of his work.

4.5 Wow, this short novel packed a punch and I now want more by this AUTHOR like now! The narrator was flawless and made the story feel like you were watching a TV Show on Netflix.
This story follows Benjamin, and his daughter Helen; whos bond is through camping and exploring the Mountains toghether. Helen, age 11, goes missing while camping with her dad only to return a week later without any explanation.
25 years later estranged daughter and father duo reconnect to finally address what happened to Helen while was was away for a week in the Wilderness.
I was confused when the documents were presented in the book by fax, recordings, and other forms of documents and found myself getting quite lost in translation, however, that didn't inhibit me to want to listen to more of the book.
This book is both eerie and ominous as the family duo navigate through the history of what happened, and the haunting memories that get conjured up while discovering the deeper meaning to life and death.
Warning: The book is left with more questions than answers and I think it was intended to be that way as different experiences will give different perspectives of what the ending was trying to portray.
I typically do not like open ended endings, however, I felt a deeper connection to what this specific ending represented, because it allowed the reader to choose what it represented for you and your own personal beliefs and interpretation.
For those who love a slown burn horror and question what happens to us after was die, this book is for you.