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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
I enjoyed Tell Me How This Ends more than I thought I was going to at first. I warmed to both the main characters, Henrietta and Annie, and though the book is in part a mystery about what happened to Annie’s sister many years previously, it’s also a book about the impact that grief can have on us, as well as the importance of friendship and emotional support to deal with it.
This is an excellent debut by Jo Leevers and I’ve already pre-ordered her next book.
This is an excellent debut by Jo Leevers and I’ve already pre-ordered her next book.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found it really hard to get into this audiobook for 2 reasons.
1. Prior to this book I listened to a full cast dramatised book and I missed rhe emersion immediately. That's not the fault of this book though.
2. I'd listened to another audiobook with the same narrator recently and I couldn't separate the character from that book with these new ones. The acting felt very similar. There's also little differentiation between Annie and Harriet which doesn't help, same accent, similar tone of voice.
Overall the story was less interesting than I expected it to be. I thought it would be a bit more clever but it's really just a very sad set of circumstances.
1. Prior to this book I listened to a full cast dramatised book and I missed rhe emersion immediately. That's not the fault of this book though.
2. I'd listened to another audiobook with the same narrator recently and I couldn't separate the character from that book with these new ones. The acting felt very similar. There's also little differentiation between Annie and Harriet which doesn't help, same accent, similar tone of voice.
Overall the story was less interesting than I expected it to be. I thought it would be a bit more clever but it's really just a very sad set of circumstances.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really warming story with easy to love characters. Perfect escapism
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
slow-paced
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lovely novel about the stories we tell each other and the ones we tell ourselves. Henrietta and Annie are compelling and relatable in their character quirks and long-held beliefs about themselves and their worlds, and following along as the two women interact to sometimes strengthen and sometimes dispel these beliefs creates a story that’s at once tense and emotional and hopeful.