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  • By: Rebecca Wait
  • Narrated by: Tamsin Kennard
  • Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (235 ratings)
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I'm Sorry You Feel That Way

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Summary

From the author of the Waterstones Book of the Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy about complex family dynamics, mental health and the intricacies of sibling relationships.

For Alice and Hanna, saint and sinner, growing up is a trial. There is their mother, who takes a divide-and-conquer approach to child-rearing, and their father, who takes an absent one. There is their older brother, Michael, whose disapproval is a force to be reckoned with. There is the catastrophe that is never spoken of but has shaped everything.

As adults, Alice and Hanna must deal with disappointments in work and in love, as well as increasingly complicated family tensions and lives that look dismayingly dissimilar to what they'd intended. They must look for a way to repair their own fractured relationship and they must finally choose their own approach to their dominant mother: submit or burn the house down. And they must decide at last whether life is really anything more than (as Hanna would have it) a tragedy with a few hilarious moments.

©2022 Rebecca Wait (P)2022 Quercus Editions Limited

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Dragged on

I listened to this following a recommendation from an influencer I follow who said it was funny... it's not. I found it quite hard to get into.

It essentially follows a couple of generations of a family and the complex dynamics including sibling rivalry, parental alienation, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, bullying, cheating etc. I'm not sure entirely what the point of the book is and I found it overall quite a depressing comment on how crap humans can be to one another.

There were jumps between timelines which were unclear for a while at the start of the book.

I often listen to books over and over again but this one will be deleted from my library.

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Long and mostly sad

I read that this book was darkly humorous. Dark it is. Maybe humorous if you haven’t lived with family mental health issues

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A story of an imperfect family

This book excellently captured the delicate relationships in families that are 'not that bad'. The rarely written about middle ground between perfection and horrific abuse. The book explores feelings of not being enough, and also being too much. Of how not having a solid foundation can really affect the way you move through life.
Nothing really happens in this book, but I recommend reading it. It's a story of life, and the raw edges of 'normal' life have been very well captured between it's pages.
The audible narration from Tamsin Kennard was very well done too.

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It gets better at the end..

Overall I’m glad I listened to this story although 1/3rd of the way in I was ready to give up on it. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it, there’s a lot of angst and drama just like in normal life, so not sure why I would want to experience all the angst in a book too..? I know., you must be sorry I feel that way.. :-)

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Loved it, so thoughtful & likeable characters

Really enjoyed this, thoughtful and entertaining with likeable relatable characters, and presents mental illnesses in an accurate non-stigmatising way. Great book! :)

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superb story beautifully told

Really enjoyed the intense and deep telling of complex relationships and personal journey. Sad to finish it.

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Families!

I enjoyed it very much, narrator was excellent and the subtle humour made me laugh out loud. The realistic portrayal of sibling angst, mental health and the efforts of a loving but overwhelming mother are very realistic. I gave the story 4 stars as I felt the ending was uplifting but not necessarily realistic.

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Family life viewed from a perspective that we all need to embrace

Great observations of families at different ages and laugh out loud moments in the way siblings and parents and strangers interact
Essential reading for anyone caught in family conflicts!

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Brilliant, insightful and funny

This book is a brilliant insight into the complexities of family relationships. The author delves into the personalities of each of the characters and the impact that each has on the other. The script is very funny in parts too…. A lovely balance of dealing with some serious mental health issues and the very humorous side of life. The author captures the listener/ reader’s attention even with what might be described as the mundanity of life but somehow draws you in. Very clever. The narrator is fantastic too.

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Very good book about family dynamics

Everyone is so believable, you can see how people become the way they are. The link between nature and nurture. Loved it!

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