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My Oxford Year
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
She could never have guessed what the year would hold…
Gazing up at the dreaming spires of Oxford, American student Ella Duran can’t believe it: she has finally arrived at Oxford University.
A new life starts, and not even Ella’s handsome lecturer Jamie Davenport can distract her from her classes. But, as the term goes on, Ella can’t deny the growing attraction between them – an attraction that soon turns to love.
And when Ella learns of Jamie’s life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could have ever anticipated.
As Ella’s Oxford year draws to a close, she must decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones with which she will leave…
Critic reviews
"My Oxford Year is an achingly beautiful debut." (Robinne Lee, author of The Idea of You)
"My Oxford Year is a pure delight with unpredictable depths. Julia Whelan has crafted a story that is as fun and charming as it is powerful and wise. Ella Durran is a breath of fresh air and her story will stay with you long after you're done." (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)
"My Oxford Year is a funny, tender, heart-breaking coming-of-age adventure." (Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times best-selling author)
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- Anonymous User
- 11-08-22
Beautiful
A great book. Not my usual go to genre but it brings Oxford alive. Trust in fate and she delivers.
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- Rachel
- 12-01-23
Brilliant
Found this book having listened to Julia narrate Taylor Jenkins Reid and wanted to see what else she had done. Turns out she's narrated a lot, but also written her own books too (which she narrates herself.) Loved the whole book right from the first page and listened to it over 2 days. Perfect amount of detail, story and characters you get to know really well. The literary references are perfect and frame the feel for the chapter. Going to see if she has written anything else - if not I will listen to this again!
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- Marta Crowley
- 18-11-22
I loved it
This is easily in the running for my favourite book. Easy read with a twist, a complicated romance for different than expected reasons. Julia Whelan can do no wrong.
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- Brandon
- 25-08-20
A year just wasn’t enough
This book surprised me. I’m not sure what I expected, but it gave me so much more. Read it with my wholehearted recommendation, and perhaps you too will come to its end wishing Julia Whelan had written about so much more than her single Oxford year.
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- Summer read
- 18-08-20
Really enjoyed
To have a book written - intelligently, modern Oxford academic life observed , characters relationships and dreams and thoughts interestingly entwined with references to books and poems, poetry and poets from start to finish with charm and wit , well that's amazing in my book.
but to have the author read that book so wonderfully- it's kind of magic really.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-22
Unusual feat in the genre
I had no idea how this one will end but it was well worth it.
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- Lynn
- 08-03-23
Engaging narrator, terrible story
I feel bad as Julia Whelan is a great narrator and I've loved some of her other works, and this is her own creation.....but the story is terrible. It's full of cliched characters and Oxford stereotypes, and the female lead is meant to be so switched on and empowered, but appears anything but...
...it's even more disappointing, as Julia went to Oxford and just perpetuates all the myths and stereotypes (rich, handsome professor; English rose students; posh people; students who can't actually leave; overachieving Americans; gay rower who doesn't yet admit it) in a story that ends up being bland and disappointing.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-03-23
Dreadful
This is awful - I persevered but it was a cliched load of twaddle with a pathetic lead character and a stream of stereotypical ‘Brits’. A massive no from me.
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- Mrs S.
- 06-09-22
Disappointing
It started well but turned into a very poor book. You would not want to be looking for a strong female lead. If you are pick up a different book.
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- Eva Bx
- 02-08-23
Good story, awful narration.
I could barely endure the british accents done by the narrator, it felt borderline offensive at times. The story however, is somewhat surprising. I felt it grew on me.
This could easily have been a 4-star listen, where it not for the terrible narration.
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