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No One Rides for Free

An Extreme Novella

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No One Rides for Free

By: Judith Sonnet
Narrated by: Danielle Muething
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Jodi was driving her children to college when The Man got in their car. Uninvited, unwanted, and unhinged....

The Man has no name, but he does have a gun, a knife, and a bag of "toys".

What starts as a forced ride into the desert escalates into a disturbing series of crimes and assaults.

Jodi and her children will soon pray for death.

WARNING: This novella is incredibly disturbing. It features graphic scenes of sexual violence, torture, and gore. It is not intended for easily offended listeners. The print edition of this book includes an exclusive short story, which is not available on ebook. It is also gross and disturbing.

©2022 Judith Sonnet (P)2023 Fright Night Audio Scary Fiction Suspense
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Loved the writing. skillful and original. the story was engrossing and the characters felt real. It was extreme and made me squirm but could have been worse! thankfully it stopped where it did. knocked a star off as I feel I could have had a bit more info about the demented torturer... but a solid read that I weirdly enjoyed.

Well-written, clever

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No One Rides For Free 😮‍💨

This is another that I’ve had for so long ( I have the old cover version) It’s also currently included in the Audible sale so I obviously jumped on it, meaning I get to listen to it now & WOW 😮

Road trip anyone?

Jodi’s on the road, driving her kids back to college. She’s happy they’re growing into amazing young adults & she’s discovered a life for herself whilst they’re gone, life is good!!

After a while she makes a little pit stop to fuel up, gets snacks & take a toilet break leaving them both in the car with the engine running

But when she returns & sets off she notices Poppy sniffling, shaking & looking terrified. Poppy won’t answer her when she asks what’s wrong…but the voice in the back does…

Someone’s hitched a ride, he has a gun, zero f’s to give & is a complete sadist…all she can do is drive & hope they all survive 🫣

😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 The fact that this had a trigger warning before & then again later on WHILST reading, to warn you what’s to come tells you all you need to know!!

This was ROUGH 😮‍💨 what a pos he was 🤢 I literally jaw dropped on multiple occasions through out!! And I am still trying to get my heart beat back to normal from the adrenaline!!

Judith, you are bloody brilliant 😭 this is defo my new fav from you!! 😮‍💨👏🏼🫶🏻

Do check your triggers, then maybe check again before going into this! It’s crazy brutal but so so good 🤎

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wow 😯

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I was recommended this book from TikTok and chose this book specifically because it was the only one in the bunch written by a woman—I figured it would be a refreshing take on the gory horror genre. Still, it did feel like it was written to please a male fantasy somehow, while still being unreasonably disgusting. I feel this might be a problem with the genre sometimes, but it did feel disappointing still.

Is it allowed for something to be too vile?

to the author: Whoever hurt you, I hope they suffer—and that you get a really good therapist. Because seriously, what the actual hell did I just read?

Like roadkill you can’t look away from

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this was a wild ride, disgusting and disturbing, filled with gore, SA and horror. if you want the "worst" of splatterpunk, this might be for you.

graphic splatterpunk

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This novella truly lends itself to narration over reading. I enjoy reading Splatterpunk or Extreme Horror novels, but I MUCH prefer to listen to them, and in my opinion, this novel is best experienced as an audio, rather than being read. Why? Well, the best thing about gruesome audiobooks is that they keep going, they keep playing, even when you want them to stop! For those moments of violence, brutality and gore, we can often look up from the page and shudder.... but with an audio, you wriggle and squirm right through the whole thing and it doesn't let up!

Another reason why I enjoyed this audio rendition of No One Rides for Free, and feel it is best experienced through audio rather than reading, is that this novella was very well written! Many Splatterpunks or extreme horror novels are not particularly well written, or simply rely on clichéd descriptions. This is not so with this novel. This novel was beautifully crafted. "A fearsome white pimple sat on his shoulder like a pearl", "like piss coated planks", " he was like a stone being thrown into peaceful waters".
The descriptions throughout this novel are visceral and evocative, and rather poetic at times. This lends itself so well to narration! "Sun scorched skull" is such beautiful sibilance that comes across really well from this narrator, who has clear, clipped and focussed diction.
The narration was simply spot on! The narrator had a generic almost accentless narration, however, she gave each character their own diction, voice and intonation.
One of the main characters has a particular way of speaking, which just comes across so well in audio. This character's particular word choices "ent", "tell me 'bout", "spittin' 'poon" lend itself to a unique American accent, one that the narrator pulled off very well.
The narrator did a diligent job, was emotionless when required, but also imbued the appropriate tone and emotion where necessary.
Overall, this deliciously disgusting novel was narrated very well, and is a must for any Splatter fan!

Deliciously disgusting

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