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The Island Hideaway

By: Louise Candlish
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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About this listen

Eleanor Blake, distraught after breaking up with her fiancé Will, decides to do what most would scarcely dare: Secretly follow him to the island hideaway where he's on holiday with the woman who took her place. But on the shimmering, sun-drenched Sicilian island of Panarea, distractions come in many forms and her fellow hotel guests Lewis and Frannie may not be all they seem either.

©2013 Louise Candlish (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

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"Brilliantly funny and bittersweet" ( Cosmopolitan)
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This reads like a meandering romance, progressing slowly with little action and a rather flat storyline. The entire near 9 hours could be summarised in two sentences. Additionally, I found it challenging to relate to any of the characters; I simply wasn't invested. It was great to fall asleep to, and even skipping parts of the text, the story still made sense. It's not bad, but if you're expecting something akin to the 'Our House' novel, this falls quite short.

Not what you expect from Candlish - gripping this ain’t…

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Would you try another book written by Louise Candlish or narrated by Antonia Beamish?

The story was weak and boring; that said, I can usually listen with pleasure to most things and would have overlooked the rather "beige" story if it were't for the quite astonishingly awful narration. The intonation of almost every sentence was wrong and made the listen irritating beyond belief. I will never buy a book narrated by Antonia Beamish again. It was the worst book I have listened to.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have given the lead character a bit more of a positive twist and not sound constantly drippy. It only got better at the very end.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Antonia Beamish?

Sandra Duncan.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment and intense irritation. Purely from the extremely poor narration.

Very disappointing

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not a thriller, boring and nothing seems to. happen, very underwhelming and predictable, a disappointment

predictable

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A nicely described human frailty story. However, I really had problems with the main character at first - thankfully all became clear (sort of).
I enjoyed the descriptions, as the setting is familiar to me, having visited islands similar to these.

human frailty

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This story takes a lighthearted view of one woman's obsession with her ex. Throw in a sun-kissed, remote island, some interesting (and infuriating) characters, tense encounters and a twist in the tail and you have a great read!

Funny and engaging!

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