An unforgettable read!

If you could sum up No Child of Mine in three words, what would they be?

Insightful, gripping, unforgetable

What was one of the most memorable moments of No Child of Mine?

The first time Little Otilly spoke.

Have you listened to any of Julia Franklin’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I particularly enjoyed Julia's narration. She gave all the characters unique ways of speaking that you almost felt they were in the room with you.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I couldn't put it down once I had started. I often found myself worrying about little Otilly when doing my chores at home and I often had to pinch my self to remind myself that she was not real.

Any additional comments?

This book is unforgettable, and if you choose to read it, Please read the sequel "Don't let me go" I had to take a break from reading for at least one week as I needed time to detach myself from the lives of the characters. Susan Lewis gave all the characters enough depth to enable the reader to empathise with them. She did not sugarcoat their misery and where there was joy, it was explosively expressed.

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Brilliant till the last part.

Was enjoying the brilliant story, but towards the end it descended into farce! Very disappointing.
Storyteller was stretching it with the accents too!

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Gripping Book

Would you consider the audio edition of No Child of Mine to be better than the print version?

This was the first. Susan Lewis book I had ever listened to or read and I'm absolutely hooked I think I'm now on to my 6th Susan Lewis book

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favourite characters in this book are Alex Lake and Otterly Wade

Have you listened to any of Julia Franklin’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No but I loved her performance

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

You'll soon fall in love with the lovely Otterly wade in this book and when she's finally rescued by Alex has to be my favourite part

Any additional comments?

This book was again really gripping and I couldn't wait to listen to book 2 Don't let me go to see what happens to the characters

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The Dark Side of Life

This book had me hooked from the start. It had lots of different themes running through it - Love, betrayal, loss and worse of all sexual abuse. The main character of the book was crying out to be loved all the way through which went hand in hand with her job as a children's social worker. The only part of the book that let it down was the ending and hence I felt unable to give it the 5 stars I would have expected from the rest of the book. The plan by Alex and her mother to take Ottilie, the victim of sexual abuse, out of the country seemed rather impossible to achieve in today's climate of airport security. I know the book is a work of fiction but the rest of the book had been very credible and this ending rather spoilt it,

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OMG a really hard read in places, but worth it

There are parts of this book that I found really hard to read, and a couple of times I had to put it down, and at other times I couldn't put it down! I had the kindle and audio versions of this book so read some and listened to some. The hard parts are probably worse on the audio version but I think that just means that the narrator is doing their job well! Overall a really good read and perhaps some people will be less affected by the hard parts than me. If you do read it and enjoy it I would also highly recommend the sequel, Don't Let Me Go

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Loved it!

I loved the book and have read the whole series several times. It is such a hard story to read/listen too, but I have taken the characters to my heart. Susan Lewis is such an amazing author.
I really enjoyed listening to the audio book and will probably listen to it several times too!
I only gave it 4 stars for performance because some of the accents were a bit off putting to start with, but I soon got used to them.

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Gripping!!!

This book had me locked I couldn't stop listening it's so good I loved it was really worth it. I didn't want it to finish 😉

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hard to listen in some parts due to story .

Definitely gives the listener an insight into social work, the red tape and feelings of knowing something is not right , yet having to wait until you can prove it.
Very much enjoyed the story even though difficult at times. I couldn't wait to carry on listening.
would recommend.

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This narrator should never go near an audiobook

Narrator was beyond awful!!!! Jesus Christ! Everyone sounded like a whiny middle aged woman. It was most grating with Alex, cos she's supposed to be 28.

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Decent listen

I enjoyed this book & it kept me largely gripped despite being a lengthy listen. I did find the ending a bit disappointing..the last 2hrs of the book got a bit far fetched & it ended up feeling too fantastical by the end. I would recommend it though as I still enjoyed it.

My only other criticism is of the narrator..she was actually very good but given the main character was late 20s, the narrator’s voice was much older & didn’t fit which I found got on my nerves a bit although it didn’t ruin it or anything

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