The Other Side of the Story

The description is better written than this novel.. .I was very dismayed to find it a very silly story of a daughter and a mother both terminally devastated because they\’d lost their men. I was attracted to the novel because the central character sounded like someone with a career and a novel to write. That was absolutely secondary and the novel became little more than a saga of women set adrift until they found new men. . .haven\’t we gotten beyond that in this day and age?

I downloaded this book along with several others and when I finally started listening, I had forgotten the plot. The narration is at first hard to listen to, but as the book was 20 hours long, I felt as if I should stick with it for a bit. I\’m glad I did. Once you get used to the narration, the book is actually quite a fun listen. While certainly not a \”masterpiece\”, I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it for a light, fun read.

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would after reading the description. I\’m sure I\’ll listen to it again, and that\’s much more than I can say for a few titles in my library. The narrator has an anxious air about her voice at first which was very annoying, but either I got used to it, or she settled down after awhile. I\’m sure it was meant to add a sense of urgency to the text, but it came across as a little whiny. Don\’t listen to this book if you have an aversion to the F word. I\’m sure that if it were in print the F word would be on every second or third page. The story itself was very enjoyable, as all the Marian Keyes books I\’ve read have been. I gave this four stars – I listened to it in almost every possible moment and finished in 3 days. It wasn\’t suspenseful, but I found the characters easy to relate to, and difficult to turn away from. I didn\’t give it five stars because of the whininess at the beginning and the over-use of the same expletive.

I was absolutely surprised. I did not expect to like this audio title as much as I did. The Narrator is awesome, I mean it, the delivery in itself deserves acclaim. The story is so warm, funny and absolutely thought provoking. The charcters jump right off of the page and into life via the narrator. There is always the other side of a story. and this is a must listen. I dare you not to love it.

The entire time I listened to this, the characters drove me nuts with their constant complaining. Her other books are better.

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