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The Obsession

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
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Summary

The riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar.

“She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her.”

Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father’s crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can’t outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes.

Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she’s ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the kindly residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up - especially the determined Xander Keaton.

Naomi can feel her defenses failing, and knows that the connection her new life offers is something she’s always secretly craved. But the sins of her father can become an obsession, and, as she’s learned time and again, her past is never more than a nightmare away.

©2016 Nora Roberts (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

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"[Narrator Shannon] McManus gives a moving performance of Naomi's struggles to overcome her horrific past in a psychological thriller listeners won't want to miss." (AudioFile)

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Sorry Nora, this one isn't good enough...

Any additional comments?

...and seven hours too long. And the narrator, no, not a good choice to put it mildly. In short, did Nora really write this book?

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ok but not her best

Follows the general Nora Roberts formula, but several scenes have been lifted straight out of previous books. Maybe I've got used to the tension and suspense in her J D Robb books, but I found the storyline bland and the passion between the characters lacking.

Narration was not bad, but it was difficult to hear the difference between characters in conversations as her female voices sounded too similar.

Overall ok, but not a patch on her Chesapeake novels or the High Noon era writing.

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Disappointing and predictable

Not one of her best. The narrators voice has strident edge to it.
The story seemed better than it was. I'm not a trained investigator but the villain was so obvious, I stuck with this waiting for the twist that would prove me wrong. Sorry to say I'm still waiting!

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Brilliant book

Spent too much time listening to this story and enjoying the plot. Wasn’t a difficult plot. But a simple enjoyable story. Not too much violence or sex for me. A good book for filling up the hours.

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Another written by rote

Why are some Nora Roberts books really good, and some so darn poor. This was padded out so much with an incredibly expensive house makeover, in detail, and cooking tips. I really enjoyed something like The Witness and had hoped this would be similar. Always feels that there’s hours of padding which could be replaced with some storyline. Or just cut. And I can’t believe that she walked away from the trauma so lightly. Another to go back.

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Nora Roberts on form

Nora Roberts’ tomes are undeniably formulaic. When they’re on point, they keep up an absorbing amount of jeopardy related to a nefarious threat to a likeable protagonist who is also endeavouring to build a new life and establish love despite tumult from the past bleeding into the preset. One is, also happily guaranteed a satisfying ending.

The Obsession delivers where some more recent listens have been somewhat flaccid and distinctly lacking in tension.

My personal tastes is for less graphic and really heinous suffering meted out to victims. The crimes described in The Obsession are undeniably grim but the sadistic cruelty isn’t as relentless as in, for example, Come Sundown. It’s nasty stuff but all in all this is a tauter, tighter listen than some, and the better for it.

Recommended as a good Roberts, not as brilliant, as for example, The Witness, but absolutely worth a listen.

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The Obsession

Fantastic story am never disappointed when I start a
Nora Roberts book keep them coming

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❤❤

I love it and the narration was perfect, I love the voice it sounds like the character Naomi😍

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Dependable

Back to an old favourite, Nora Roberts!

Quite a creepy beginning for her, more scary details than usual; but then into normal territory. A girl exposes her dad as a serial killer and has to live with the press intrusion all through her childhood. Finally getting some distance from it all, the murders start again, but dad is in jail isn't he?

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A great read/listen!

Lots of suspense, intrigue and romance, with great characters and a fantastic narrator. I highly recommend!

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