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The Anniversary
- Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
Novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, Patrick, to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Her former professor, Patrick is much older than J.B. But when they met, he seemed somehow ageless, as all new gods appear in the eyes of those who worship them. He is a film director. A cult figure. But now his success is starting to wane and J.B. is on the cusp of winning a major literary prize. Her art has been forever overseen by him, now it may overshadow his.
For days they sail in the sun. They lie about drinking, reading, sleeping, having sex. There is nothing but dark water all around them.
Then a storm hits and Patrick falls off the ship. J.B. is left alone, as the search for what happened to Patrick - and the truth about their marriage - begins.
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- Jo from Winchester
- 15-04-23
Meandering
I had been looking forward to immersing myself in this lengthy novel while undertaking a detailed craft project. However - I found the meandering structure of the book and the style of narration both intensely irritating. Fiona Hampton’s clipped diction and her pronunciation of ‘the’ as ‘tha’ before words commencing with a vowel left me cold - eg ‘tha inside’ ‘tha orange’ .
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- AmyJackson
- 20-04-23
I enjoyed it although it was a bit meandering
it was an interesting plot which did twist and turn, and you never know quite what was happening until it started to reveal at the end. im ot sure i do know 100% as thats the nature of the story, a subjectove accpunt. the narration was very good.
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- Podencos are my best friends!
- 11-04-23
I still do not know what happened ...
Lovely writing I am sure.
Great Premise but so slow and detail heavy I lost patience and still do not know what really happened or even why.
Would love to know but it seems like the story is hidden in a drifting stream of consciousness to the point of being drowned.
It is a shame as it was compelling at times - but just like watching a TV on a station which fades in and out, I just gave up as I wanted more story to unfold and less about the protagonist's inner musings.
Could be a fabulous film if anyone can fish about in all those words and find out what actually happened and what led up to it.
Frustrating!
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