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Impossible
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Paul Tyreman
- Length: 13 hrs
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Summary
*Shortlisted for the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction*
*Shortlisted for the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel 2023*
*Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2023*
Discover the love story of the year
‘Utterly delightful’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘I feel the same way as when I first read One Day’ EMMA GANNON
‘[A] humdinger of a love story’ SUN
‘Holy s***’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER
The book with the IMPOSSIBLE twist – read it to believe it …
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One day, NICK and BEE cross paths over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric, they feel like they’ve known each other forever.
Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steadies her nerves, gets a pep talk from her best friend Leila. This is it.
Except it isn’t.
Because as they prepare to meet under the clock at Euston station, the universe throws in a twist you’d never see coming . . .
*JOIN THE OBSESSION NOW*
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‘Holy s***. This book. I loved everything about it. The zingy dialogue, the romance, the suspense. The alternate history . . . It’s a love story of the greatest kind’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER
‘Some books become cultural touchstones that people bond over for years, like One Day or The Time Traveller’s Wife. You remember where you were when you read them, and how you felt. Impossible is one of those books’ LAURA PEARSON
'What an absolute joy of a book! Witty, engaging and so emotionally resonant, IMPOSSIBLE is the book we all need right now!’ SARAH PINBOROUGH
‘It is amazing, NEVER EVER EVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I WISHED I’D WRITTEN A BOOK SO MUCH. I am BAWLING. Bawling. An actual masterpiece’ ANSTEY HARRIS
‘Brilliant! I devoured every page. Warm, witty and original’ SARAH MORGAN
‘An absolutely addictive read . . . I was swept away by Bee and Nick’s impossible love story and I was utterly hooked from the start. Genuinely unputdownable’ JENNIFER SAINT
‘I have DEVOURED Impossible and I'm going to go as far as to say I think it's one of the best rom coms I have ever read. It's so funny, so original, so beautifully mad – I am seething with envy that I didn't write it myself’ SOPHIE COUSENS
‘It is indeed amazing. It has twisted my brain – in a good way – and made me wonder how much of it could be true. Ingenious and beautifully executed’ JILL MANSELL
‘Oh my goodness . . . Funny, unique, moving and complex – Lotz has taken an utterly fascinating premise and placed two wonderfully witty people at its heart’ CESCA MAJOR
‘My mind is officially blown . . . What a book! Breathtakingly original, clever and unputdownable. A work of total genius’ SARAH J HARRIS
‘It knocked my socks off! Such a ridiculously clever, hilarious read with characters so real, I'll never forget them. One of the best, most original love stories I ever read’ JESSICA RYN
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- elisa holland
- 07-07-23
Breath of fresh air
Loved the northern, Yorkshire accent and one liners! This is so different from the recent books I’ve listened to. The author must had a great imagination and sense of humour.
I did get a little confused midway but everything unfolded to reveal a really good story!
I wish I could find another book a funny as this.
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- eilis white
- 15-04-22
No. 1 Read of 2022?
absolutely adored the twists a turns. kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. highly recommend giving it a go.
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- Jebbabeano
- 11-05-24
Good but flawed
Whilst overall I enjoyed it, i have some critique…
I found quite a lot of both the plot and delivery a little shallow and lacking the scientific depth required to make it believable. Others have done similar things much better (Stephen king and Blake crouch etc)
The male voice work for “Nick” I found extremely cheesy and cheap which really detracted from what should have been a decent character. Bee was somewhat better fortunately
Having said this it’s still certainly worth a credit as long as you suspend your disbelief at the door
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-02-23
amazing
I found myself sitting on my drive after arriving back from work, just to listen a little longer. loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-23
Had me hooked!
A very different love story which had me gripped from the beginning. Loved the humour and the clever way in which it was written with twists and turns. Would recommend!
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- miss n l a brooks
- 07-10-22
Impossible not to love.
Sometimes a book comes along and sweeps you off your feet. This was one of those books. Sad that it’s ended. Sad that I don’t get to know any more of B and Nick’s story. If you liked ‘Sweet Sorrow’ and ‘One Day’ then this is for you. Don’t hesitate. If I didn’t know this was a David Nicholls novel, I’d think it was. If you wanted Jaime and Brienne to end up together- don’t hesitate. This is the book I wanted both ‘Normal People’ and ‘The Man Who Didn’t Call’ to be. I listened to the very end three times, just to be sure.
Special love for the narrator who played Nick. It’s got to be a film surely. Please! Please can we have Julian Rhind-Tutt play Nick? So, it’s five stars from me- it’s impossible to give it less.
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- Patricia
- 27-03-22
intriguing storyline
loved this story so much. I'm still thinking about it . Great characters. Very funny and so sad in places. Go for it. It will hold you and entertain you.
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- B
- 29-03-23
Thriller love story
I listened to the audio book on holiday and loved it. excellent twists and turns.
not my usual read but loved every word.
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- Evelina Palmer
- 06-03-23
Something different
Really enjoyed this story and found it so easy to listen to. It’s different to your average romance.
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- L. Hailey
- 09-06-22
Couldn’t put it down !
What a brilliant book! I really had no idea what this was about and wasn’t let down. I was introduced to this book by my book club and hadn’t known of the author beforehand, but now I’m going to keep a lookout for more by Sarah Lotz.
It certainly makes you wonder if there is life on the “other side” as they say. I wasn’t expecting the twist at the end either, but just a shame it had to end.
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