I was thinking of giving this two stars because it's not poorly written and in terms of technical elements it holds well enough together. However, the degree to which this book bored me far beyond anything else I have ever read in my entire life could not bring me beyond one star.

As with all books I hate, it's difficult to write a spoiler free review, so I'm not even going to try. It's not worth it. My intention is to be done writing about it as soon as possible and then quickly forget the hours (21,5) I have wasted listening to this. The book is at least 300 pages too long.

The premise itself is promising enough and the start, although slow, also held my interest. I had realized by 15% that this wasn't for me, but fool that I was I chose not to give up.

Children are disappearing, although not many nor often. They are being kidnapped by humans to keep trolls in check. These trolls are also shape-shifters, that is how they can hide so well. There is a terrible long, boring plot line connecting a boy that disappeared in 1978 or so with a newer kidnapping.

Every time I looked at my mp3 player I wanted to cry at how much of the story was left. I'm done now and I am not going to do this to myself anymore - if mp3 books are boring, they shalt be abandoned. And YOU - take my advice and do NOT read this. You might find out that it's possible to die of boredom after all. I only barely survived.