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Review at Dear Author

February 20, 2025 / / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Misdirected by Lucy Parker, narrated by Nicola Coughlan & Gwilym Lee. As delightful as I’ve come to expect from this author with the added bonus of extremely good narration.  For bonus points, it’s also in the Audible Plus catalogue so members can listen for free.

Square audiobook cover with a light green background featuring the title in white on a bright pink film strip in two parts diagonally across the middle. On the mid/top right is a black and white image (kind of a silhouette but not really) of a woman holding an open umbrella, posed as if she's sitting, one leg crossed over the other, on the lower section of the film strip. On the mid/lower left is a black and white image of a man in a suit and tie standing casually - albeit upside down) on the first part of the film strip.

Review at Dear Author

October 10, 2024 / / 0 Comments

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Bad Reputation by Emma Barry, narrated by Aaron Shedlock & Summer Morton. I swapped between reading and listening because I had both versions.  And both versions are great.

Pink background with orange title and dark blue author name at top and dark blue palm trees at the bottom. The "Bad" in the title is in much larger font than "Reputation. Within "Bad" is a silhouette (done in shades of orange) of a woman on the left and a man on the right facing each other in cameo.

On adaptations and ambiguity – Big Little Lies on TV and by the book

June 24, 2017 /

HBO TV series tie-in cover of Big Little Lies featuring upper faces of Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon & Shailene Woodley - aka Celeste, Madeline & JaneI watched the HBO mini-series of Big Little Lies recently and was completely blown away by it. I was also a little curious after watching, particularly about where the book different from the TV show and what extra characterisation might be found in it. Rather than try and find the time to read it, I bought the audiobook, narrated by Caroline Lee. Perhaps because I listened to the book for a specific purpose rather than to listen to a story, I found that listening enhanced my enjoyment of the TV show retrospectively (and made me want to watch it again) and conversely, I found that the TV enhanced my enjoyment of the audiobook because I could see the scenes playing out in my mind as I’d seen them on TV.

I had a number of thoughts about what was different and what worked better. To discuss them however, it is necessary to give away spoilers. This is your official spoiler warning. Proceed beyond here at your own risk!

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