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    Whalefall: A Novel
    Whalefall: A Novel
    Whalefall: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    Whalefall: A Novel

    Written by Daniel Kraus

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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    • Survival

    • Underwater Exploration

    • Fear

    • Father-Son Relationship

    • Family Relationships

    • Man Vs. Nature

    • Mentor

    • Call to Adventure

    • Determinator

    • Survival Against All Odds

    • Power of Friendship

    • Space Opera

    • Quest

    • Mentor Figure

    • Haunted Protagonist

    • Diving

    • Family

    • Whales

    • Marine Life

    • Friendship

    About this audiobook

    A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
    Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR

    The Martian meets 127 Hours in this “astoundingly great” (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.

    Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad’s death by suicide the previous year.

    The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid’s tentacles and drawn into the whale’s mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out—one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.

    Suspenseful and cinematic, Whalefall is an “powerfully humane” (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about a young man who has given up on life…only to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateAug 8, 2023
    ISBN9781797158525
    Author

    Daniel Kraus

    Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in The New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and more. With Guillermo del Toro, he coauthored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar–winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus coauthored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He also cowrote The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler), and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and more. His work has been translated into over twenty languages. He lives with his wife in Chicago. Visit him at DanielKraus.com.

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    Reviews for Whalefall

    4/5

    174 ratings14 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a remarkably unique story that deals with complex themes of grief and family. It is a great idea for a book, although some readers found the back and forth between past and present to be a bit too much. Overall, it is an incredible journey that should be required reading or listening."

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    • 5/5

      Nov 9, 2023

      Should be required reading (or listening). What an incredible journey!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5

      Jul 8, 2024

      Spoilers Ahead=


      I wish the whale and Jay could’ve traded fates at the end. Whales are an endangered animal, but you can’t swing a cat without hitting a man with residual issues from one or both parents.
      I personally could’ve done with a little bit less of what seemed like too much rambling on at times when it didn’t seem necessary for the story.

      All that being said, the book was well written, and the author did a good job at keeping me engaged the for most of the book. Cheers!
    • 5/5

      May 16, 2024

      Great book but does his family accept him back? I need to know
    • 4/5

      May 8, 2024

      Unique and interesting concept for a book. Survival horror and the horror of grief combined. I enjoyed its differentness.
    • 5/5

      Apr 8, 2024

      Brilliantly done by both the author and narrator. Couldn't stop listening to it. An incredible amount of research had to be done to put this book together. Great descriptions and visual scenes. You cringe and gasp without realizing it. Eeeek. At one point, I felt clostrophobic and began choking. Horror yes, boring no. Loved it.
    • 5/5

      Apr 1, 2024

      Beautiful, heartfelt, exciting, and educational. More appreciate for the world, family.
    • 2/5

      Mar 20, 2024

      A bit heavy handed on the metaphors. Overdramatic reading doesn't help.
    • 5/5

      Feb 17, 2024

      This was a beautiful and uniquely weird story. Relatable and memorable.
    • 5/5

      Jan 13, 2024

      A jaw-dropper. Insane, almost impossible, stunning, and full of knowledge and feeling. Just read it.
    • 4/5

      Jan 6, 2024

      Bizarre but I liked it! The scientist in me loved it. This will not be for everyone, but witnessing a father and son reconcile their differences in a whale’s GI tract was a wild ride. Excellent narration by Kirby Heyborne.
    • 2/5

      Nov 9, 2023

      It was just okay… Great idea for a book, but too much back and forth between past and present.
    • 5/5

      Nov 9, 2023

      A remarkably unique story of whales, families, loss and gain.
    • 5/5

      Nov 9, 2023

      A claustrophobic horror thriller that at its heart deals with complex grief and a father/son relationship. Loved this one so much!
    • 3/5

      Nov 9, 2023

      Whalefall is a book about a pussy who's Dad tries to teach him to be a man. He runs away and hides until he gets eaten by a whale and realizes how much of whiney bish he was.

      2 people found this helpful