Episode 34 – Whisper of Death
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2015
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Kait, Renata, and their guests Abby (The Librarian) and Molly (author of The Princesses of Iowa) read Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike. It’s arguably even more bonkers than the last Christopher Pike book they read, even though it doesn’t even have any lizard people in it (as far as we can tell). Listen now to hear us attempt to unpack this convoluted, anti-bullying, anti-choice, 90s teen thriller!
Content warning: This book contains sexual assault and abortion, and so does our discussion of it.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Tips for Teens from Christopher Pike
Candy pairing: Abby says Baby Bottle Pops, Kait says Milk Duds, Molly says Snickers with glass shards, Renata says dark chocolate espresso beans.
Coming up next: Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about deadly erotic friend fiction so you don't have to. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:17.9 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:19.1 | And for this episode, we read A Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike |
| 0:22.8 | joining us to discuss this 90s teen cautionary tale are Abby children's librarian and |
| 0:29.5 | former Christopher Pike fan email list subscriber it is true I was very obsessed with |
| 0:34.5 | Christopher Pike and Molly young adult author and very unusual lady I true. I was very obsessed with Christopher Bike. Anne Molly, |
| 0:39.2 | young adult, author, and very unusual lady. |
| 0:41.1 | I am, and as an author, |
| 0:43.2 | I have the power to put you all in my |
| 0:45.0 | butterfly jar. Oh, no. |
| 0:47.1 | Boy. Well, |
| 0:49.0 | thanks for joining us, guys. |
| 0:50.8 | And this was |
| 0:52.1 | certainly something. |
| 0:57.0 | For those who don't remember or weren't listening to us at that point in time, last |
| 1:01.8 | year around Halloween, we did an episode of Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike, and that |
| 1:07.1 | was the first Christopher Pike book I'd ever read because when I was a youth, like, |
| 1:11.7 | they just seemed a little too scary for me and I just never read one. But a lot of people |
| 1:17.8 | read a lot of them, such as Abby and John. I read a lot of them. And also I guess on the |
| 1:25.4 | previous Christopher Beck episode. |
| 1:29.3 | Did you like this one better, Renata? |
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