The Bay at Midnight

I liked the characters. I thought the story was good. But the Narration nearly drove me nuts! Every 'he said, she said, I mused' and so on was done in the same tone of voice. Every single one and there were many! I would get bored drift off to sleep and have to rewind and pick up the plot. The story could have stood on its on merit and I would have added a star but not with this type of narration.

The "he said, she said" of Julie's narrator would have been better left unsaid, very distracting! Once I stopped wincing, the book was enjoyable and the story intriguing.

I'm not sure who read the part of Julie, but the way " he said" "I said" "she said" was recited in such a way that I wanted to PUNCH MYSELF IN MY FACE.
I'm not sure if I should blame the author or the reader, but it became so distracting that it affected my overall impression.

Great story, kept me listening and interested. One of the narrators has too much vocal fray, but it is only mildly annoying.

I really enjoyed this book! Excellent character development. readers were very good as well.

i found the story hard to get into though the last quarter of the story was hard to put down. i enjoyed the murder mystery who done it part of the story and the outcome wasn't predictable but not her best book but still worth listening

First let me say that I love Diane Chamberlain's novels. I have read/listened to several of them, and they are all good (Necessary Lies will always be my favorite, though). This one was a great story - the story of a mildly dysfunctional family told in two time periods - 1962 and 2003. The oldest daughter in the family was found dead in summer 1962, and a young black man was convicted of her murder. A note is found in 2003, suggesting that the wrong person was convicted of the murder. The main narrator is Julie, the middle sister, who was 12 at the time of her older sister's death. She recounts memories from the past and observations in the present to try and piece together what really happened that summer in 1962. The younger sister, Lucy, also narrates, as does their mother, Maria. The story comes together nicely by the end of book, explainining everything and identifying the real murderer. I loved the story, but was not so keen on any of the narrators--particularly Julie. As others have noted, she gave a weird spin to vowels, which was especially noticeable when she said the word "said" (which is repeated many times in a novel). It got annoying, although it didn't annoy me as much as it did others. The other two narrators also had an odd way of speaking. The Maria character sounded very stilted, and Lucy also put an odd emphasis on vowels and sounded abrupt in her speech. The narration didn't ruin the story, but it definitely left a lot to be desired. Not sure I would listen to any of these narrators again.

I enjoyed the story, the narrator and the somewhat surprising ending! I would love to listen to more of this authors books!

The narrator that did Julie drove me nuts but holding on to the last word in a sentence especially the word said

The story had lots of twists and turns and keeps you tuned in. Ending was good.