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The Drop Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Jacy Morris (Author, Publisher), Rachelle Friend (Narrator)
4.2 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

How many hearts can a song touch? How many ears can it reach? How many people can it kill?

When popular boy band Whoa-Town releases their latest album, no one thinks anything of it. They certainly don’t think that the world will be changed forever. After an apocalyptic disease sweeps the world, it becomes clear that the music of this seemingly innocuous boy band had something to do with it, but how?

Katherine Maddox, her life irrevocably changed by a disease dubbed The Drop, sets out to find out how and why, to prevent something like The Drop from ever happening again.

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  1. Listening Length
    16 hours and 58 minutes
  2. Author
    Jacy Morris
  3. Narrator
    Rachelle Friend
  4. Audible release date
    November 16, 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Jacy Morris
  7. ASIN
    B08NKB32KV
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 16 hours and 58 minutes
Author Jacy Morris
Narrator Rachelle Friend
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date November 16, 2020
Publisher Jacy Morris
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B08NKB32KV
Best Sellers Rank #613,650 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#6,974 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#10,626 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books)
#18,695 in Horror Fiction

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Customers find the book's story engaging, with one describing it as the best fiction they've read. The book is well-written, with one customer noting that the dialogue is easy to follow.

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Customers enjoy the stories in the book, with one describing it as the best fiction they've read.

"...Great characters, great stories and enough of a difference to make this a worthy addition to any post apocalypse library!" Read more

"...The first half of the book ranks with some of the best fiction I’ve read and although the second half didn’t quite live up to the first - it’s still..." Read more

"...The story was creative, fast-paced, and very difficult to put down. And honestly, I loved the ending." Read more

"...But The Drop was a most welcomed break in the monotony. I was impressed and amazed as I had never read a novel with a story line like this one...." Read more

3 customers mention "Readability"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read, with one mentioning the dialogue is easy to follow.

"...room characters are all very memorable and believable, the dialogue is easy to follow, the personal journals are quite harrowing and it is all..." Read more

"Absolutely nothing like what I expected. Well written and you really are dying to find out how Whoa Town did it...." Read more

"...The Drop will probably rank in the Top 10. An amazing read, brilliantly told." Read more

Thriller of the Year!
4 out of 5 stars
Thriller of the Year!
I was very nervous when I read the synopsis of the book. I was thinking it involved zombies and I'm just not a fan, not sure why, but I've been trying to read books that are outside my comfort zone and why not try something that falls under thriller/horror. The draw was that this whole 'disease' was caused by a boyband, Whoa-Town (I feel the name could have been a little more original 🤣). This concept was definitely new to me. The book was a bit longer than I would have expected but the amount of detail was breathtaking! I was never left wanting for more on anything specific. ⁣ ⁣ The characters were wonderfully written. Motives for their actions were relatively the same but that was to be expected. The science behind the 'how' was neat and totally makes sense. The loss of a star was the reasoning for WHY the boyband caused this. 'Just because they could'. No other reason. Just because. I felt that was rather boring and a bit of a let down. ⁣ ⁣ Despite that though, I REALLY enjoyed this book. There is so much in this book that is realistic in how society would handle something like this, definitely watching how people are acting with the current pandemic. I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a good thriller. ⁣
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  • Edward Thompson
    5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
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    What a refreshing read!

    A post apocalyptic novel without zombies? Who woulda thunk it?

    OK, I lied...there is type of zombie...but not what you would expect.

    The elephant in the room?....The apocalypse is caused by a boy band....I'm getting this out of the way first...I thought it was going to be a comedy, based on that one line alone. it is anything but a comedy....ok, glad we got that out of the way!

    This book is a story of a reporter trying to find out why the apocalypse occured, in an effort to prevent it happening again.

    It is told in the first person and augmented by snippets of Fan Forum chat rooms, pop music magazines, album and concert reviews, personal journals and..... Reddit posts...yup...Reddit survives The Apocalypse....who said cockroaches at the back?!?

    You might be put off by my description, but trust me, it is incredibly engaging, cohesive and coherent. The chat room characters are all very memorable and believable, the dialogue is easy to follow, the personal journals are quite harrowing and it is all happening with the background of terror, when just leaving a radio on, or walking into a fast food restaurant and hearing a verse of a song could propel you to your death.

    This is the second novel I have read by this author, while both were post apocalyptic in genre, their approach to the idea of a world of survivors dealing with the aftermath is completely different!

    Great characters, great stories and enough of a difference to make this a worthy addition to any post apocalypse library!
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  • Annabananna
    4.0 out of 5 stars A diamond in the rough
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
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    I saw an ad for this on my facebook. 9x out of 10 the books I get ads for are poorly written, poorly edited and not very compelling. My expectations were low but the premise intrigued me. I downloaded a sample and was hooked. I have to say this book was a diamond in the rough. Creative, heartfelt and terrifying in equal measure. Epic in scope. Executed beautifully. I found the style engaging and read this almost straight through in one sitting. This is an author I would read again for sure. I absolutely hate it when an author is all talk and no skill. Morris did not disappoint me.
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  • Sahjo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down
    Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2020
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    From the start The Drop hooked me and made me look at the world differently. Something has gone horribly horribly wrong and to figure it out, our protagonist has to sift through the fragments left.

    Morris builds a sense of dawning horror by revealing bits of backstory from different sources as the journalist hero uncovers how a boy band brought the world to its knees. Despite the careful unveiling of the story, it never feels slow. In fact, I couldn’t put it down as I read it. Similar to The Stand, it got in my head and I found myself thinking about the realistic (too realistic considering what’s happening now) post apocalyptic world the author paints.

    The first half of the book ranks with some of the best fiction I’ve read and although the second half didn’t quite live up to the first - it’s still outstanding, and the very last bit was just perfect. I can’t write more or it would spoil it, but there are some little surprises that keep you on your toes up to the last page.

    A few side observations- few men can write a female lead that is both a regular human and actually a woman. Kudos to the utter lack of sexism. Ditto for characters who are people of color or gender non-conforming. What a relief to not have to cringe through the stereotypes so rife in fiction.
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  • Vicki
    4.0 out of 5 stars Didn’t like ending
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2020
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    Really enjoyed this book up to the end. Felt like it ended without telling the entire story.
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  • Wendy H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, something new!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2021
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    Absolutely nothing like what I expected. Well written and you really are dying to find out how Whoa Town did it. As for the politics, they were VERY needed in a story like this. And to the guy complaining about the author's leftist views, did you even read the book?! There were characters with very right wing views, too. I imagine if a world changing event like this were to occur, everyone would be talking politics. And really, politics played a rather minor role to the story.
    The story was creative, fast-paced, and very difficult to put down. And honestly, I loved the ending.
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  • Anita Marquez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Finally something new in the world of horror! Zombies? No. Serial killer? No. Haunted house? No.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
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    A welcomed escape that entertained and amazed this long time fan of horror. As a lifelong fan of the genre, I had fallen into a rut of enjoying my books but never being surprise or amazed. As of late, I had begun to feel that authors were simply regurgitating the same few story lines over and over again. But The Drop was a most welcomed break in the monotony. I was impressed and amazed as I had never read a novel with a story line like this one. The main character is expertly developed and you find yourself completely invested in her hunt for answers. The scares are not the mediocre “Boos” that simply cause you to flinch but within seconds you forget. No, this scare stays with you long after you finish the book. You are left contemplating if this work of fiction could actually happen, and more importantly would you fall victim to The Drop?
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable book, interesting format
    Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2020
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    I liked this story. It was a new (to me) premise, and I managed to identify with the main character Katherine, her strengths, her weaknesses. Also enjoyed the format of multiple sources for the narrative.
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  • Ang Wallis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2022
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    Very unusual take on the end of the world, well written. Looking forward to more from this author, having also read This Rotten World.
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  • Debbie
    4.0 out of 5 stars clever premise
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2021
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    I liked this book a lot. Clever premise - using music as a tool. Reminded me of Greg Bear's Infinity Concerto, and I've long believed in the power of music! Katherine is an interesting character and I liked the present/past structure of the novel. What stopped this being a 5* read for me was the lack of editing. Not the prose itself - it's well-written with few typos and the changes in style were perfect for the different sections (story, interview transcript, headlines etc). I do feel that the novel as a whole would have benefitted from cutting as many of the sections didn't add anything to the story and I found myself skipping pages at a time as some as the interviews ramble and go nowhere. Being shorter would have added much to the sharpness of this novel.

    But I got to the end and it was worth the journey. I wasn't sure how it would work - how there even could be a satisfactory ending - but there was and it did. And for that I admire this author. This could be mainstream and another Andy Weir? With a good editor and a film deal, it would translate beautifully onto Netflix or even big-screen.
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  • GillA
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant book!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2021
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    I decided to try another of this author’s books after reading his fantastic Rotten World series. This book does not disappoint, it has me hooked from the moment I started reading until the very last word. I thoroughly recommend you read this!
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