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Things We Never Said
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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- "gitsham71"
- 12-01-18
Cried my way though
Lovely story of growing through marriage and sharing your life. Didn’t want the book to end..
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- D P Allen
- 13-01-18
Things we never said
A good read, laughed and cried get, your hanky ready.
Some of the audio was not clear but did not distract from the story line
DPA
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- Abhishek
- 26-12-17
just amazing
narrator outstandingly performed every character
storyline kept always me intrigued about story
Maggie the most amazing character
6 people found this helpful
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- M. Chamberlain
- 15-10-18
What a clever and compelling idea for a story.
I really enjoyed this novel, it was particularly good as it was brought to vivid life by the brilliant reading. The many characters were portrayed with authentic voices. The device of the box of tapes retelling the moments from a long relationship worked well.
3 people found this helpful
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- Jan Russell Dexter
- 12-12-17
A curates egg
Conceptually engaging, and dealing with challenging matters of relationships and death, a bit tidy in plot for me, and characters mixed. Reasonably entertaining however.
6 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-19
very engaging.
excellent narration. poem in graveyard quite heart wrenching. loved the characters. Catherine Sian April Maggie
2 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 07-12-18
A must
Excellent read great narration. a mixture of laughter sadness every emotion possible a real thought provoked.I loved it
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- Den Tanser
- 01-11-18
Memories to have
An excellent read it or listen to a marriage love story with details and passing
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- Kindle Customer
- 28-10-18
Emotional
This is a very emotional, thought provoking book that pulled me in from the start.
I have always led my life with no regrets and am an open book. However, I am sure at one time or another in my younger days I didn't always vocalise my deep inner thoughts for fear of reproval but you live and learn.
I felt sorry for Shaun and would definitely not like to experience what he did and do not think I could do the same to my partner in the same situation.
2 people found this helpful
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- anasta
- 19-10-18
Excellent
Wasn't sure of this format at first, but I stuck with it and then admired the skill the author shows with it.
It really shows how people can live together and never really know everything about each other....
One small point - I didn't think that the main female subject of the book had the right name. Perhaps I could have believed in her fully as a girl from a Council house in Margate if she'd had a different name....as Catherine has connotations ( to me, anyway) of middle/upper classe s...even royalty. Maybe Cathy would have suited more?
5 people found this helpful
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- Shell
- 23-12-18
Boring couple, Boring Book
I had high expectations picking out and reading this book based on good reviews. Must be me because I didn't think I was going to finish it. Every chapter was so boring and the wife every beginning of tape was that monotone voice Hi Shaun.......dragged out.
Will never get back these 11 hours I listened to. Save your credits on this one.
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- shipyardjay
- 14-01-21
The feels...
This performance was perfection, first off let me say that right away. Ms. Church couldn’t have done a better job, and this novel I gather wasn’t the easiest to narrate. Lots of dialogue, feelings, and discoveries throughout that she crushed just perfectly. If ever there was a case where an author absolutely loves what a narrator has done with their book I would say this is def one!
This was a beautiful book. Just what I was hoping for with a few twists and turns even. The only negative I can think of is I wish there was more! Honestly...the “time” this couple spent together(thru the recapping)just wasn’t enough for me! I wished for more. I wished there was more talk about them to go along with all the different issues they dealt with over the years. I wanted to hear more of their everyday goings-on, happy days of their early memories looked back on with longing, and just a bit more “meat” on the bone. I think it would have only added to how invested I already was in all the characters. It was great. Really puts you in a place of remembering your own marriage, the ups and downs, and everything that makes up a life together. Looking forward to checking into more from Nick Alexander. Great job all-round here. Don’t hesitate to read!
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- Lelegee
- 04-05-20
Excellent
So many emotions and such a wonderful narration. I could recognize the various characters. What a great concept.
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- Karen P. Lizzano
- 27-12-17
words from beyond
I liked the concept of this book very much. Very original. I can see this being very true to life.