Really bad echo in the recording

I’m enjoying the plot and the narrator. The constant echo in the recording is so bad! It’s very disruptive and takes away from the full enjoyment of it. Shame. Audible or whoever is responsible for the audio quality needs to sort it out asap.

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Too long

I had high hopes for this book, and the story was quite good, but I felt like it could've been cut down by a couple of hours. I found the main character a bit annoying. The narrator is good, but the way she ends some sentences on a high note kind of bothered me. There are better stories written by this author imo.

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Annoying tinny noise to start with, fab story though!

The narration starts off a bit annoying ( not due to the narrator) with a tinny noise.
But the story itself is brilliant ( maybe far fetched) but I really like immersing myself into a story, it was great, with lots of twists and turns.

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Too long, too wordy, irritating narration

Way too long, way too wordy but there is a good thriller in here.

The narration was not good at all, irritating at best.

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Another great read

Yet again, another great read from Ruth Ware. This one tugged my heart a little more.

Great performance from narrator too. A firm favourite for me.

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Great storytelling and writing

This is the first book I have listened to by this author and will not be the last
Thoroughly enjoyed
Well written which kept me engaged so much so it was an all nighter !

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Well paced thriller

I liked every moment of this story, the Oxford College background, the importance of friendship . Even the betrayal of it. I felt the reading to be sometimes a bit irritating, though.

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Kept me hooked

I kept thinking I had solved it but it took a turn again. brilliant

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Recommended read

I listened to the audiobook of this novel. The narration was good but extremely slow, I had to speed it up quite a bit to make it tolerable to listen to.

The story is told from the point of view of Hannah, alternating between the present day, and her time at University in Oxford ten years earlier. Hannah’s best friend at uni was the wealthy and beautiful April. April is murdered by the “Pelham Strangler” and a porter from the university is convicted of her murder, thanks to Hannah’s testimony. He protests his innocence until his death in prison. Hannah is contacted by a writer who thinks the porter was wrongly convicted. Has Hannah made a mistake?

The story held my interest, even though I didn’t warm to any of the characters or find them relatable. Something about Hannah really grated on me and it felt like her pregnancy was mentioned in every other sentence which I found irritating.

I had a few theories of who the murderer could be, April wasn’t well liked by everyone and certainly made a few enemies. Fortunately, there was enough of a twist to keep me guessing, and I wasn’t proved right.

For the latter part of the book, I thought Hannah was being a total numpty and couldn’t believe it took her so long to work out what was going on!

Overall, I did enjoy the story and would give it a solid 3 stars. The irritating protagonist and constant mentions of her pregnancy wore thin for me. I also thought the story was a little long and could have got away with being slightly shorter.

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Please don’t listen to bad reviews about the narration

Great book and Imogen Church is a fantastic narrator. I love all of the books she reads.

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