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Coming Home For Christmas
- Narrated by: Penny McDonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Critic reviews
This story warms you like a cosy cup of cocoa (Closer)
As essential as tinsel and turkey if you want to get into that warm, fuzzy mood for Christmas (Closer)
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- Me
- 18-11-14
Mediocre story, awful narration
What would have made Coming Home For Christmas better?
A different narrator - was difficult to tell whether the story was actually as bad as it seemed because I was so constantly irritated by the narration style - patronising and dull with really awful regional accents which didn't even seem to tie in with where the book was supposed to be based.
Would you be willing to try another book from Julia Williams? Why or why not?
Probably not.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Penny McDonald?
Anyone! Someone who doesn't try to do accents they can't do.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
Any additional comments?
If you're reading this,Julia Williams, use someone different next time!
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- Maggie
- 28-11-15
Not really a standalone, 3rd in a series
Sorry to repeat what I wrote about A Merry Little Christmas, but Audible or the publishers have missed a trick by recording the later Hope Christmas books but not the first one.
Last Christmas (you can download to Kindle or buy the paperback) is the original and introduces us to Cath and Noël in London in the sort of fraught, pressured run up to the less than perfect Christmas most of us are all too familiar with. It's a lovely feel good Christmas book with a happy ending, perfect to sit down with in December - then these later books follow on.
This book's good value in itself as it follows the main characters through another year, another Christmas, the narration is ok but perhaps not brilliant, and I enjoyed it as the next episode in the series. Not sure how well it would stand alone for someone meeting the village of Hope Christmas for the first time.
So please Audible, record the first one soon!
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- Junie
- 09-10-16
Dull and poorly narrated
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
I don't know who might enjoy it...it certainly wasn't for me
Would you ever listen to anything by Julia Williams again?
Not based on this tale
Would you be willing to try another one of Penny McDonald’s performances?
No
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
No
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- c brennan
- 28-04-15
Narrator annoying but lovely story
I loved this story it's like an episode of the Archers! Light hearted, easy listening.
Needs a better narrator though
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