Self Help

By: Ben H. Winters

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton, Ron Perlman

A darkly comedic thriller by the New York Times best-selling author of Underground Airlines, The Last Policeman, and the Audible Originals Q&A and Inside Jobs.

Jack Diller is just one more struggling actor on the road to nowhere. He’s got an agent who barely remembers his name, his ex-girlfriend has hooked up with a Silicon Valley dude, and the milk in his fridge is so far past its sell-by date it’s historic. The only way Jack can scrape together a bare existence is by delivering food to exactly the types of successful people he wishes he could be.

Then, one day, a very strange audiobook shows up on his phone. The Killer Instinct seems to be your basic self-help guide, narrated by a washed-up action star named Hector Bruno, and brimming with cheesy advice for how to get your life together.

With so little to lose, Jack starts listening...and listening some more. He starts talking to Hector like he’s his best friend.

And then...Hector starts talking back.

©2022 Ben H. Winters (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

great listen loved the narrator. and Ron Perlman

it was a very interesting and different book. I enjoyed it a lot. would recommend

Intriguing and entertaining

Very interesting story with excellent sound and narration
This book kept me very entertained
Would listen to a sequel

Ha, ha, ha..,

Best laugh I’ve had in a long time! Great short story, funny premise. Well performed.

Interesting with a nifty twist

I’m not a fan of Wil Wheaton as a narrator, and this time was no exception, but he did better this time than other stories I’ve heard him read. Ron Perlman was…well…I mean it’s Ron freakin Perlman. The man is always brilliant. This is an interesting story of a man who’s down on his luck getting a free self-help audiobook in an attempt to turn his life around. And…well…he gets a lot more than he bargained for in the process. It turns out there’s a lot more to this book than meets the ear: a mysterious publisher, a washed-up action movie star, and maybe - just, maybe - a bit of creeping madness thrown in to boot. Plus crime. Lots and lots of crime. This fun listen doesn’t take a lot of time, and is definitely worth it. Winters tells an interesting story with an unexpected twist (at least for me) that is definitely worth the few hours it takes to get through this one. Definitely recommend.

It,s a silly but fun.

I really enjoyed it.
Will and Ron were really good.
It,s not a epic story, but you will have a blast listening to The Killer Instinct.