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    Tell Me I'm Worthless
    Tell Me I'm Worthless
    Tell Me I'm Worthless
    Audiobook8 hours

    Tell Me I'm Worthless

    Written by Alison Rumfitt

    Narrated by Nicky Endres

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    About this audiobook

    Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.

    "Nicky Endres pulls out all the stops when performing this horror story about a haunted house and the shocking trauma it inflicts on three people...This is the stuff nightmares are made of..."- AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)


    "Narrator Nicky Endres narrates three distinct POVs (Alice, Ila, and the House), and her voice easily slithers between all three, demonstrating how the house dominates this story and the women’s lives." - Library Journal

    "Transfeminine actor Nicky Endres’ narration is chilling throughout, as they voice the perspectives of Alice, Ila, and the house at an easy, relaxed pace. Their voice maintains a lulling and melodious sing-song quality, which acts in opposition to the horrors portrayed in the book." - Booklist

    “A triumph of transgressive queer horror.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
    “Easily one of the strongest horror debuts in recent memory.” —Booklist, STARRED review

    Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends, Ila and Hannah. Since then, Alice’s life has spiraled. She lives a haunted existence, selling videos of herself for money, going to parties she hates, drinking herself to sleep.

    Memories of that night torment Alice, but when Ila asks her to return to the House, to go past the KEEP OUT sign and over the sick earth where teenagers dare each other to venture, Alice knows she must go.

    Together, Alice and Ila must face the horrors that happened there, must pull themselves apart from the inside out, put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, whom the House has chosen to make its own.

    Cutting, disruptive, and darkly funny, Tell Me I’m Worthless is a vital work of trans fiction that examines the devastating effects of trauma and how fascism makes us destroy ourselves and each other.

    “Ambitious, brutal, and brilliant.” —Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt

    A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJan 17, 2023
    ISBN9781250882806
    Author

    Alison Rumfitt

    ALISON RUMFITT is a writer, semi-professional trans woman, and the author of Tell Me I'm Worthless. Her debut pamphlet of poetry, The T(y)ranny, was a critical deconstruction of Margaret Atwood’s work through the lens of a trans woman navigating her own misogynistic dystopia. Tell Me I’m Worthless is her debut novel. Her work has appeared in countless publications such as SPORAZINE, datableed, The Final Girls, Burning House Press, SOFT CARTEL, Glass Poetry and more. Her poetry was nominated for the Rhysling Award in 2018. She loves her friends.

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    Readers find this title to be a powerful and intense exploration of fascism, trauma, and horror. The book is described as lyrical, harsh, grotesque, and haunting. It is not for the faint of heart, but those who appreciate visceral and emotionally charged storytelling will love it. The antagonist is described as absolutely brutal, making the story stomach-turning and socially poignant. Overall, this book is a must-read for those who can handle its intensity.

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    • 4/5
      This book reads like a fevered dream. It’s lyrical, harsh, grotesque, horrifying, and a scathing outlook on fascism in the United Kingdom along with poorly coping with trauma. This book isn’t for the faint of heart and there were times I felt like I was barely grasping what was going on. I still haven’t fully digested everything but it’s an absolute must-read.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Very creepy and very telling of the current political climate. However I think the stream of consciousness style of writing paired with all the political themes throughout are just not for me.
    • 5/5
      As eloquent and well built as it is difficult. A hard walk, but deeply worth it.
    • 5/5
      Brutal, visceral, emotional, hateful, haunting, vulgar, and I loved every minute of it!
    • 5/5
      Arguably one of the most visceral, torturous accounts of modern house horror with an absolutely brutal antagonist. Stomach turning, socially poignant, and savage as hell.

      1 person found this helpful