Unboxed

A Play

By: Briana Morgan

Narrated by: Jeremy Reid

Greg Zipper is a paranormal vlogger whose livelihood relies on his online popularity. When a fight between him and his girlfriend goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Greg purchases a dark-web mystery box in hopes of restoring his audience's faith in him and hitting one million subscribers.

But when Greg opens the box, he gets much more than he bargained for, including a Boxer who’s determined to stop him from taking his loved ones for granted. Now Greg must do all he can to stop the Boxer, or else he'll lose his livelihood - along with the woman he loves.

©2020 Briana Morgan (P)2020 Briana Morgan

Digital Age Horror

Interesting concept with a Black Mirror feel. A quick and very enjoyable listen. Being formatted as a play was a fewsh take as well.

Baskerville Book Reviews

This is my first play. I’ve never read or listened to one before, so this was an interesting experience for me. One I quite enjoyed. I did find the narrator having to say the character names before their dialogue to be obnoxious, though I got used to it. One thing I really enjoyed about the format was the description of the scene and setting.

I don’t have much to say about the story. It was pretty short but no less compelling or interesting. I’m not a fan of pop culture references that will only date modern works. Other than that, it was great.

The audio quality left something to be desired. There was this obnoxious hissing noise that drove me up the wall. The narrator was great.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.

Not very scary

I have read a few books in play format. They are unique and can add an element to a story. I was drawn to this book first by the book cover and second by the concept of the story. I got both the audio and ebook versions of this book. Which I started out with the audio version.

When I got to the halfway point of the audio book, I realized that I could not remember a thing that had happened. Therefore, I read the ebook as I thought maybe it was the narrator that might have been the issue. No, it was not the narrator.

Both Alice and Greg were not very likable. Greg more than Alice. The events that transpired after Greg opened the mystery box were not goosebump worthy to me. In fact, I found myself at times re-reading passages as I was like that is it. Overall, I liked the concept and the play format but not very scary to me.