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Emotionally Weird
- Narrated by: Kara Wilson
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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Summary
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large decaying house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.
Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.
Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening.
Why is Effie being followed? Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
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- Gillian
- 03-01-16
Disappointed
Not as good as some of her other books. Took me a long time to work out who was who and why any of it mattered. And the narrator did not differentiate enough between settings to help sort this out. I think Kate A can get too carried away with her own cleverness, and this time it just didn't work out.
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- Mama C
- 20-05-17
Rambling...
Just could not get into the storyline or thread of this book, very disappointing having enjoyed Life After Life.
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- Jyam
- 19-02-15
Intriguing story.
Unfortunately the reader did not use enough difference in the voice to make clear who all the different characters and stories were. The constant Scots accent hardly varied. Pity
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- sally
- 09-07-19
clever or self-indulgent nonsense?
For 75% of the read I could not make head nor tail of the story. By the end I think I could see what the author was attempting but not sure it was worth it. Maybe it was me but disappointing. Now going to read other reviews to see if that helps
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- Emma Dhesi
- 28-12-18
A Weird Read!
This is the third Kate Atkinson book I’ve read and is not my favourite story, but it is as fantastically written as the others.
She writes with such detail and humour, and I’m never sure which direction the book will go in, that I can’t stop listening/reading.
I absolutely recommend reading this, but suggest it not be your introduction to Atkinson.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-07-18
Very disappointed
After having read most of Kate Atkinson’s books, this was very disappointing and a struggle to make to the end. The characters were not particularly likeable and the story lacked any substance outside of a thoroughly depressing drawl.
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- Carole
- 30-07-17
Over complicated
There is so much going on in this book that i lost interest. I am a big fan of her later works so thought I would read some of her earlier work but the storyline keeps moving between now, past and the book the main character Effie is writing. Her use of language is brilliant but unless you have a degree in English you will need you dictionary near by.
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- Mandy Tout
- 22-06-21
So disappointed
Have enthusiastically read many Kate Atkinson’s books recently, but I found this one tedious. The descriptions of student life in Dundee were probably accurate, but almost every character was pathetic - except for Mrs Macbeth and her pal. I think I need a break from Ms Atkinson.
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- Penelope Shand
- 03-06-20
Funny, imaginative but not my favourite
I adore Kate Atkinson's writing but this was just a little too emotionally weird. At times extremely funny but in the end I found it hard to follow the plot
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- Jarvis2007
- 10-02-24
Loved the book and love this Audible.
Brilliant production - capturing Kate Atkinson’s masterful weaving of different stories cannot be easy but this was a success. The reading and characterisation and voices were as I heard them when I read it - great work by the performer.
I just loved - heartwarming - funny and sad - wonderful book.
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