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    Security

    Written by Gina Wohlsdorf

    Narrated by Zach Villa

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When the gleaming new Manderley Resort opens in twenty-four hours, Santa Barbara's exclusive beachfront hotel will offer its patrons the ultimate in luxury and high-tech security. No indulgence has been ignored, no detail overlooked. But all the money in the world can't guarantee safety. As hotel manager Tessa and her employees ready the hotel for its invitation-only grand opening, a killer is in their midst. One by one, staff are picked off with ruthless precision. And before the night is over, as Tessa desperately struggles to survive, it will become clear that the strangest and most terrible truth at Manderley is simply this: someone is watching. With stunning ingenuity, Gina Wohlsdorf puts readers front and center as the elite resort becomes a house of horrors. Riveting to the final sentence,#160;Security#160;is fierce, wry, and impossible to put down. With a deep bow to the literary tradition of Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier, Wohlsdorf's razor-wire prose blitzes readers with quick twists, sharp turns, and gasp-inducing terror. Security#160;is at once a shocking thriller, a brilliant narrative puzzle, and a moving, multifaceted love story unlike any other.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9781622319916
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    • 2/5
      In Gina Wohlsdorf’s thriller Security, the night before an ultra-luxurious resort hotel opens the hotel manager and staff are hunted and killed one by one by mysterious killers that have seized control of the building and its high tech security system. Filled with stock characters, tired troupes, and a clunky “split screen” format, Wohlsdorf’s falls flat. The premise is certainly promising, but the actual execution fails. Character relationships feel generic and plot twists, while admittedly unexpected, are ridiculous and more likely to elicit groans than thrills. Recommended that you skip this one. If craving an action-based (violent) thriller, try The Intern’s Handbook, which at least has a sense of humor about it’s over the top story-line, or re-watching Die Hard or Scream.
    • 5/5
      The book was interesting and kept me going back and reading more
    • 4/5
      Wow. I wasn't sure I'd be into this book, but I gave it a chance because I've had good luck with books published by Algonquin. Holy guacamole, this was a good one. A little over-the-top and quite gruesome, but so, so good. Read it in one sitting (who needs sleep?).I can say hardly anything about this novel without spoiling so many things, but I think it's safe to give one quote that I particularly liked:"It is easy being nice when being nice is easy, but niceness is the first thing to go when an unexamined life becomes even slightly difficult." (p 166)And I'll also mention that the lights flickered twice while I was reading (no idea why; it's not even stormy), and I was very grateful that the power didn't go out.
    • 2/5
      This is a slasher novel, so I guess it's redundant to say that it is gory ("the Killer is throwing organs out of X as if she were a toy box") and unpleasant. Hapless victims are picked off one by one. It also has a romantic coupling with a back story straight out of a soap opera, leading to some icky, semi-incestuous soft core porn. If I could have skimmed my way past the "love" story, I would have, but the two threads of the story were generally jumbled together in the same paragraph so it was hard to avoid.The basic premise is that a fancy resort is undergoing last minute preparations for its opening. Two motiveless, knife-loving, masked killers are stalking the resort's employees and also the foster brother of the woman in charge who, unfortunately for him, picks this day to come visit her and spill his deepest secrets. The unnamed narrator is watching all of this unfold from security cameras that cover the entire resort. I didn't get the point of any of this. If you want to kill a bunch of defenseless people, get them together in one place and shoot them. If you want to terrorize them, then they need to know that they are facing some threat. Neither of these things happened until the end. The book has an unusual feature (gimmick). At certain points in the book, the pages are split and the simultaneous actions at 2 or more locations are described side by side. It reminded me of a power point presentation. I was reading a physical book, but I can imagine this might be tricky to read on an e-reader. My final problem with the book is that the author (for no reason that I could detect) makes the only gay character a villian and a source of annoyance to the other employees and the only employee unqualified for his job. I was not comfortable with this. I kept reading to find out how it would end and because who can look away from a car wreck, but I didn't enjoy the experience. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
    • 4/5
      Based on a copy from NetGalley.

      I won't do this review justice because I read this book a little while ago. But looking at my review on NetGalley it seems that I really, really enjoyed it. I remember being shocked and moved by the ending, and I know that I read it in one day. I also think I described it as cinematic.

      What I mainly remember is that I didn't expect to enjoy this book, and I ended up reading it all in one day.
    • 4/5
      This isn't high literary fiction. That doesn't mean it isn't well-written. It's a wickedly-compelling thriller, violent as hell, and darkly funny. Reminded me of The Last Werewolf in terms of tone and perhaps style, but it is a twisted little story all on its own.
    • 4/5
      Very well done! In fact; Bloody brilliant. Literally. Security is an exciting, clever and brutal thriller. It's basically the book equivalent of a slasher film. Well, maybe a slasher-horror novel with a little romance, and a LOT of humor in it, which actually made me laugh, a lot. I spent a lot of last night telling my friends certain scenes in the novel, with the chef, who was cooking his dinner....who's scene I loved.
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      The writing style may not be liked by a lot of readers, but I loved it. I read it in ebook form, and I had NO issues with it like this, either. I don't know why other people did. It wasn't that confusing.
      I really don't want to say anything about the plot because it's honestly best to go in blind. The less you know the better.

      Overall, this is a fast-paced story with a unique narrative that will keep you on the edge of your seat. 4 stars, and highly recommended .
    • 3/5
      I picked the book up because of the cover, it's red and there's an eyeball staring at you. It is a quick read and kept me engaged. I thought the formatting of the book was interesting, where things happening at the exact same time were in columns beside each other. I did not like the times where you were reading about a character in one paragraph and the next you're in the middle of a conversation with completely different characters. The setting is a hotel with top-notch security, a week before opening, and the characters are employees of the hotel with varied personal problems. It is a slasher novel with a lot of deaths.
    • 4/5
      The fabulous Manderlay resort is about to open. Just a small staff is currently on site, getting things ready for the opening gala. Unbeknownst to them, the hotel has been infiltrated by people bent on murdering them all. Why? Who knows. Up on the locked 20th floor, security monitors see all the action. The killer is tracking them down one by one.

      Tessa is the hotel manager. An overachiever trying to make everything perfect for the grand opening. Complicating matters is the arrival of Brian, Tessa's foster brother and love interest. She hasn't seen him in years and has a strained relationship with him.

      The action starts slowly, with the killer stalking the employees one by one. Slowly he starts killing them, but towards the end of the book, things really speed up. There is a lot of gore in this book, so it is not recommended for the squeamish. I felt very tense while reading. There are a lot of scenes where the killer is in the room with someone, and they don't know it. I didn't want the people to get killed, but I knew it was going to happen.

      The thing I disliked most about the book was the formatting choice. In parts of the book, the page was split into 2,3 or 4 panes, to denote different views from different security cameras. This was a little difficult to read, and took me out of the story. I would have preferred a more traditional format.

      I have mixed feelings about the ending. The immediate danger is resolved, but there are unanswered questions. I wanted a little bit more closure on some issues. People who enjoy reading thrillers, or watching slasher movies should enjoy this book.
    • 4/5
      Overall it was an okay thriller/horror about a fancy hotel, with state-of-the-art security, that will have its grand opening in 24 hours. But there is a killer on the loose hunting down the workers on the premise. I found it hard to follow the book but I think that is specific to the eBook formatting.
    • 4/5
      " The best security is invisible security" What a wild time I had reading this book! I've never read anything quite like this thriller. Centered around a luxury hotel with high-end security and written from the POV of someone who sees the entire hotel through a number of cameras. Lots of brilliant gory slashing, loads of suspense, and even a bit of romance thrown in. This was a top read for my Halloween read-a-thon.
    • 2/5
      This book started out really good but then it progressed so slowly that it started boring me. It was ok, not horrible and not really good. Just meh. Though I do think this has a better potential for a movie.
    • 5/5
      I think it might actually be 4.5 because the ending goes a liiiittle over the line of plausibility - but holy shit I enjoyed the hell out of this book. Structurally interesting, with a voice to die for, it's the story of one night in a massive fancy hotel just before it opens. Supposedly the most secure hotel ever, it is anything but - and so, from the point of view of the security cameras, we track the whole evening. It's a little bit DIE HARD, a little bit SCREAM, and I feel like Edgar Wright would make a hilarious and gripping movie version. What a delight and a thrill.
    • 4/5
      This story takes place during one night in a twenty-story luxury hotel on a remote California beach where masked killers are stalking everyone trapped inside.This is basically a book that wants to be a movie, or it's a well-done gimmick--take your pick. It's told from the point of view of the security monitors and cameras in an exclusive hotel that hasn't yet opened, hence the title. Sometimes the text is laid out in columns to mimic the views of side-by-side monitors, but not so often that it becomes annoying. Essentially, this is a slasher movie in book form. There just isn't a lot to it, in terms of character or story development. But it's an entertaining and quick read, if you don't mind over-the-top violence and if you are not all that concerned about knowing why things are happening.
    • 2/5
      Scattered. Bizarre. Gruesome. Deliberately obfuscatory, but not done well. The camera gimmick was only mildly interesting for one scene. The veneered characters don't serve their purposes, the clumsy meant to be clever ADHD shifts from one point immediately to another distract and don't really disguise the lack of cleverness, and throughout I kept thinking "WTF?" There was one surprise, but the ending left one thinking "Wait...was there a plot?" Meant to keep one guessing I suppose, but I was only trying to guess why I was still reading it. One and a half stars isn't an option. Slasher novel? Bad enough that the dumbing of the Hollywood viewership generates sequel after sequel of Saw on Elm Street's 13th Halloween, but to write a book based on it?
    • 3/5
      Security by Gina Wohlsdorf offers a new way to set up the structure of a 'thriller'. Passages are split on the page so the reader can get an idea of everything that is happening at the same time. This makes the story more exciting - but at the same time can slow the story down. I thought the overall story was well done and interesting enough - but the characters lacked relatability. I like the location of a hotel - The Shining is perhaps one of my favorite novels, and certainly this book has many of the same concepts (a maze, hidden rooms). In the end - I would give this a 3 out of 5 stars.
    • 2/5
      Security is a book that gets in its own way, by trying to be too many things and too clever.Is it a murder mystery in the vein of And Then There Were None (the concept that drew me to the book), with a group of people trapped in a hotel with a killer? Is it a philosophical pondering on the meaning of security? Is it a love story? Is it a treatise on violence?In the end, Security has some really scary and suspenseful moments, but these get lost in the shuffle. For me, I went in wanting a scary murder mystery, which is not what I got.
    • 4/5
      Manderley Resort is a luxury hotel designed with the best security that money can buy. The grand opening is in one week, and Tessa, the hotel manager, is hurrying to get everything done in time for the big day. But someone doesn’t want the hotel to open, and Tessa’s employees begin to vanish one by one as a killer stalks the property.The story is told through a unique point of view and in an unusual writing style. It took me a little while to figure out why the scene changes were so choppy, but then I got it — the narration was coming from the POV of different security cameras. It becomes apparent sooner if you are reading than if you are listening. I did both, and when I switched over to print, the formatting was quite unique with a split page as if it were a split screen. It’s quite different, but probably not for everyone.Security is also not for the faint of heart! There are lots of murders. Some are gory, graphic murders. There is a lot of mystery and suspense, too. We don’t know what is going on most of the time, or even who the narrator is. This is Stephen King type horror. If you like The Shining you’ll be ok with this.Unfortunately, we never do get all our questions answers, and I never did figure out the motive for such extreme hostility once the killer is revealed, but there was enough of a conclusion to satisfy me. With horror, I enjoy the suspense of what is going to come at you from around the corner or the next opened door… literally!Audio production . . .The audio was read by Zach Villa. He used a calm, almost laid-back voice much of the time as the murder and mayhem surrounded the hotel. While his voice was easy to listen to too, and the production itself was fine, this was initially difficult to follow because of all the jumping around between security cameras. I kept listening for a chapter title or some type of indication that the scene was changing, but there were none. I would recommend the audio version mostly to those more familiar with difficult or unusual formats.
    • 3/5
      Security isn't a run-of-the-mill murder mystery. For one thing, the story appears to be told from varying security camera angles, and there can be abrupt switches in points of view when the action moves from one camera angle to another. I had no problems following this, but I did have a couple of issues with other things.I tend to be a character-driven reader. I like to have at least one character whom I like and/or trust, but even that's not cast in stone-- which is a good thing because none of the characters here are very likable. Tessa (hotel employee) and Brian (a man who shows up out of the blue) seem to be the main characters, but the rest of the cast are mere cannon fodder for the roaming team of killers while readers are treated to voyeuristic scenes from various cameras. To be honest, I only began to enjoy the book once the real narrator was revealed toward the end. One of the main reasons I love to read crime fiction is to have the universal question of "Why?" answered. I want to know why the crimes are being committed. In Security, readers are never told with any certainty why ruthless killers are turning Manderley Resort into a blood-soaked house of horrors.Multiple points of view, unanswered questions, and a story that ends with an unfinished sentence (I liked that)... while I didn't find Security to be wholly satisfying, I did find its more unconventional aspects intriguing and promising. I'll be interested in reading Gina Wohlsdorf's next book.
    • 4/5
      The concept of this novel was interesting to me and I enjoyed the setup of the novel, having each chapter represent different cameras throughout the hotel. Some people might feel that the split camera story-telling style is gimmicky, but I found it to be an interesting technique that fit well with the concept of the story. The only downside for me was that I wasn’t particularly attached to any of the characters. When people started dying, I didn’t feel one way or another over their deaths. The points of view sometimes changed without any indication and I found it confusing on more than one occasion. I think the story really picks up the last third of the book and left me wondering what would happen to the remaining survivors. While the book wraps up, it didn’t feel like there was real closure. Unless I missed it, Wohlsdorf doesn’t really give you any answers as to why someone is killing the staff of the hotel and that left me wanting. As a whole, the story was interesting enough for me to keep going but the lack of a connection to the characters didn’t allow me to enjoy this as much as I had hoped.
    • 5/5
      Security: A Novel from Gina Wohlsdorf is a genre-challenging work that will leave the reader wanting more. The wanting more part can be good or bad, depending on what you like, but more on that in a second.This work contains all the necessary horror tropes from both literature and film yet cannot be reduced to simply a horror novel. The interpersonal relationship plot line is far more detailed than you would find in a horror novel (generally speaking). There is gore but unless you immediately hate gore regardless of context don't base your reading decision on that alone. There is a rekindling romance of sorts as well as humor. So on the basic level of genre there is no easy response, none of the above or all of the above.What for me added a star to my rating is Wohlsdorf's creativity and inventiveness in telling her story. At times, the page is divided into columns to represent what is being seen simultaneously, so column A is one camera view while column B is another. Within each column the narrative continues. This may annoy some readers (from what I have read, the ebook version does not portray this well, fortunately I have the hardback) but there is no reason to be put off by it. If a novel would usually tell one scene then use a device to let the reader know that the next scene they are about to read occurred at the same time, then consider the divided page that device, read one column then read the next column. Problem solved. I personally liked the visual of knowing that these things were happening at precisely the same time, not at about the same time.I glossed it a moment ago but if there is more than one camera view, then someone must be watching and narrating from that vantage point. That mysterious narrator is yet another benefit of the divided page, it brings into question just who is narrating the story. That becomes important as we read further. If we are told about a gruesome act and we have determined that the narrator is a character in the novel, then, wait, why is that person casually watching and narrating?The end may well turn some off since we are told a great deal but not lead as explicitly as most books lead us to a big reveal. If you like ambiguous endings (I do) you will find this one of the better such endings. The reader can indeed find resolution but they must be happy making their own decision. That was what I meant earlier by leaving a reader wanting more. Some will want a bit more of an ending while readers like myself simply want another book from Gina Wohlsdorf.I would recommend this to fans of horror but also to fans of mysteries who don't mind some gore. I think writers will enjoy this simply to look at what Wohlsdorf does. In addition to the columns and the blending of genres she has written what has come to be called a cinematic novel. This does not mean that it would necessarily make a good film (though it would be a relatively easy adaptation once the screenwriter figures out how to keep the narrator's tone present) but that this novel is one that is written in such a way that the reader can see the action taking place quite easily. Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via the LibraryThing Early Reviewer feature.
    • 3/5
      Interesting. Suspenseful and unique. But there was never a real resolution. The side by side narration seemed like a gimmick, serving no real purpose. It would have been much better for me if there had been some explanation for the events that take place. Too many questions at the end.
    • 4/5
      This is a tough one to give a rating, but the author's future potential won out. Wasn't quite reached in this book though. Without providing a synopsis, which will be easy to find elsewhere, this book is:1) WANTING to be an art-house slasher movie in narrative form; however, is more born from Scream or something a bit less low brow. Not sure what this book adds to the horror genre or what it's saying, exactly, if anything at all. Deaths are imaginative, if gruesome, and described vividly. Characters are only sketched out, then killed off quickly. If you're able to get attached, don't. 2) Set in a luxury hotel with state-of-the-art security with a masked killer(s) on the loose and a narrator who sees everything impassively and does nothing. Until he does. Who the narrator is and what motivates him/her to watch without attempting to stop the carnage is possibly the best part of this story.3) The 'love' story of two damaged main characters was...ugh. I didn't love either and a lot of the book deals with them dealing with and exploring their feelings. There's a lot of therapist-speak happening and it just sort of feels...gross. They're so busy exploring their feelings for each other (literally and figuratively) that they miss the deaths literally all around them. Until they can't.4) With a minor formatting change, this book could be so much easier to read. At numerous times, there are splits into various narrative feeds that represent various cameras. Picture a page split partially into 4 columns when there are four cameras represented. This makes contextual sense given the narrator seeing several perspectives at once, but it really doesn't advance the story. Anyway, if these camera feeds were labeled by room number or by character so it's easier to track, it would be so much easier to navigate both in physical copy and in Kindle/e-reader form.5) The ending of the story is so...unsatisfying. The narrator poses several hypotheses about who might be behind the deaths, but although they're sorta, kinda unmasked, you don't really know who and you definitely have no idea why. A lot of trouble and planning, but for what?It's a quick read and this is a first-time author so I went higher with my review. She had a lot of threads and perspectives to tie together. However, be warned this is a polarizing book, which explains the overall rating moving to middle ground.
    • 4/5
      I received a copy of this book through librarything.com.I enjoyed the unusual writing style. It is gory, suspenseful and twisty. I read almost exclusively the thriller genre and have a talent for picking the villain long before the story is over but this one kept me guessing almost until the very end. Interesting cast of characters and the hotel, which is supposed to be the most secure in the world, almost becomes a character itself. I recommend for other thriller readers.
    • 3/5
      Weird and creepy book. I really liked it until the last 10 pages. I would have liked the ending to have been fleshed out a bit more. And personally, I was hoping that Brian was the one that hired the killers in order to "save" Tessa or that one of the killers was Mitch. That would have been a pretty good twist, amIright?! Still, a pretty good book overall.
    • 2/5
      I was terribly put off by the format of this book in the side by side presentation. I found it disruptive of the story line which was difficult and slow to follow. I follow several mystery writers and this book I count among my least favorite. The characters were weak and I was glad to have completed the book as it was disappointing after the mystery/thriller hype. I give it a 2 star for trying a new format and some sense of mystery even if the outcome was predictable. Thank you to LibraryThing for the advance copy.
    • 4/5
      Manderley has been reinvented as a top security, top luxury hotel, perfect for celebrities looking to recover from plastic surgery or a secret rendezvous. It's days away from opening and Tessa is overseeing the last details. Brian shows up out of nowhere, after eleven years of leaving her by herself, the foster brother she relied on and who abandoned her after his twin died. And the killing has already begun. Gina Wohlsdorf is an author to watch. She's packed a LOT into this short novel and isn't afraid to pull any punches. Great suspense, intrigue and yeah, there's some blood. She does a fantastic job of weaving the character's storylines into this bizarre murder mystery taking place almost behind the scenes. And it culminates in a spectacular way. I'll be looking out for her in the future.
    • 1/5
      A thriller this book is not! A horror story--perhaps. The split screen pages were annoying at best. I found this book a big disappointment from the very get go. Tessa's relationship with Bryan is weird.. I ordered this book because of the fantastic hype. It definitely does not live up to the hype. What a letdown. Nothing about this book is worthy of praise.
    • 4/5
      The story is narrated, by a presence that seems to be able to see and hear all. The book has romance, lost love, terror, suspense, all laid out as an edge of your seat gory slasher thriller. It was original, and am looking forward to her next writing adventure.
    • 1/5
      The book flap description of SECURITY dares to compare its writing with that of Steven King. If I were King, I'd sue. It goes on with phrases like "gasp-inducing terror," "brilliant narrative puzzle," and "multifaceted love story," none of which are true. Characters in this book are shallow and even cartoonish. Nothing is gripping, shocking, or thrilling.Perhaps Gina Wohlsdorf did suceed in showing the irony in calling a hotel private and secure because security cameras are everywhere. In fact, security and privacy were defeated by the security cameras.I won SECURITY from Algonquin Books' LibraryThing Early Reviewers giveaway.