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  • By: Liane Moriarty
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
  • Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
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Nine Perfect Strangers

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Publisher's Summary

The eagerly anticipated new novel from the worldwide number one best-selling author behind Emmy and Golden Globe-winning HBO series Big Little Lies.  

Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? Nine perfect strangers are about to find out.... 

The 10-day retreat at boutique health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises healing and transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage and absorb the blissful meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. They are all on a path to a better way of living. Or at least a better waistline.... 

Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate these tired bodies and minds. But to what lengths will she go to achieve her goal?  

These nine perfect strangers have no idea what's about to hit them.

 

NEW AUDIO AS OF AUGUST 2020

©2018 Liane Moriarty (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Narrator is awful

I couldn't get passed chapter 2 because the narrator's approach is so grating. It sounds like she's reading to a room full of 5 year olds. Suggest you listen to the sample first to see if you can handle it. Such a shame it's like to be a great book!

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Good story pity about the narration.

Caroline Lee’s narration is very irritating . I think her interpretation of the dialogue and her narration make all the characters sound like they are aggressive16 years olds. Eg. The inflections at the end of sentences which make them sound like questions and the shrill tones I find hard to listen to which is a shame. I don’t like or agree with her interpretation of some of the characters in the way she portrays them through her narration. I like Moriartys stories but I don’t think I’ll be listening to any more.

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Disappointing

The book starts with promise - interesting characters and lots of comic moments. But the plot twist was silly and ultimately became very boring. By the 60th chapter I just wanted it to be over. I also listened to a 1.25x speed due to very slow narration.

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Terrible performance

Could not listen past the second chapter. The narrator is terrible - I’ll read this one instead

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Entertaing

At first I was ready to give up listening and buy the book because the narration was so slow, but it picked up a couple of chapters in. Well written, interesting characters, bizarre at times, but a good, fun story.

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Really disappointed

I love Liane Moriarty and all of her books but this is honestly the first one that I really found disappointing. Just plain weird, not believable and silly. Totally not her style. The TV show is as bad.

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Tough going

I really wanted to enjoy this book and persevered 2/3rds of the way through but the storyline really went too far off kilter and I didn’t want to waste anymore of my time on it. I too, found the narration irritating.

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It’s unfortunate such interesting characters were wasted on such a preposterous plot

I’m frustrated that I put in the hours committing to the lives of these characters only to have the story drive itself into a ridiculous plot.

So much of the novel is wasted on the transformations.

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Disappointing

What was the real story? Very odd and confusing story. Nearly stopped listening when they were locked in the room. Very disappointed actually. I have never ever written a bad review. But terrible story.. confusing. No substance at all. Great character but lead nowhere.

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Nine Perfect Strangers- very disappointing

A very silly narrative made worse by most annoying narration. Very disappointing as i have enjoyed other novels by Liane Moriarty. Don’t waste your time and money.

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  • Sharon
  • 12-12-2018

Extraordinary experience reading this book

Although it often takes me a few chapters to settle into each new book (and this was no exception), this novel took me to very unexpected places. A mixture of funny, shocking, tender, very sad, thought provoking, gratifying, heart-warming, heart-breaking, complex-yet-simple, laugh out loud stuff, tongue-in-cheek, deadly serious and just totally brilliantly put together writing. I have loved all your books, Liane, and it’s hard to compare, but I think this may have been your best to date. Of course, you may never read your reviews ;-).
I loved all the characters. They were so real and engaging. And I loved that we were given such beautiful snapshots of the future of the key characters. Sooooo satisfying!!
I feel as though I’ve just spent some time in a life-changing health spa, and met s few new friends along the way. Which is brilliant since I’m on stress leave, and this has been an interesting factor in my own journey to recovery.
Top marks to Liane, and to Caroline too. You bring Lianes books to life for us listeners. Faultless expression, very effective pauses, inflections and accents.
Brilliant book. There are parts that might be very difficult if you have experienced similar issues in your family (no spoilers because I don’t think it’s necessary). But stay on the journey. You may well feel that some new insights are available. They were for me.

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  • Amanda
  • 29-10-2018

Painful narration

Sorry Caroline Lee, but your narration was dreadful. Inauthentic accents, too many pregnant pauses and the whining!
This was my first Liane Moriarty and probably my last. Definitely not my cup of tea.

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  • Wendy
  • 04-11-2018

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, laughed and cried.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, I laughed and cried, and just couldn't stop listening. I would also like to add that Caroline Lee is my favorite narrator.

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  • Sherri
  • 07-09-2020

Phoned it in.

I've listened to all Liane Moriarty's books and would encourage everyone to look for them. Not this one. Leave this alone. It's tedious. Too much sitting in one room together going on and on. I think she was under pressure to produce something new for Hollywood. It's a shame, her books are usually so reliable. I've given a reasonable rating to Caroline Lee because although she's not to my taste, she's always competent. I know people love her but I always feel I'm being read to by a 12 year old child.

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  • Victoria
  • 31-03-2019

Its ok

Its ok. a little difficult to believe. might have been better if the fire was real

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  • Anonymous User
  • 16-01-2019

Another great book by Liane Moriarty

Fabulous read, gripping from the start. Took me on a journey from dying to immediately book a health retreat to vouching to never try it in my life. A great insight into people’s psychology, as always. However, whilst I find Liane’s books appealing in how they are usually so true to life, so realistic, I thought the plot went out of these boundaries this time. I understand Nicole Kidman is involved in making a movie based on the book. It reads a bit like a movie. The twist of the plot took over the contents which I usually enjoy much more. Still an excellent book, fabulous research and many hours of fun.

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  • Jan Clewett
  • 24-11-2018

Insightful look at things that weigh people down

I was so excited to see Liane Moriarty's new book was available on Audible and Caroline Lee was narrating. I love the work of both these ladies and find Caroline Lee so easy to listen to. Liane's story delves into the personalities of more than the 9 core people. It gives insight into how the troubles of every day life play so hard on people's psyche that they are willing to accept anything to make a change to the way they are living. I found Liane addressed the issue of suicide so well by examining the far reaching effects it has on the related characters in this story. The idea of being transformed was made even more interesting by Liane incorporating some rather interesting techniques into the story.

I could not stop listening to this book it was so good. I laughed and at times cried with the highly believable characters and a really funny story line. I rate this as one of Liane's best! Highly recommended.

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  • Caoi
  • 10-11-2018

A slow, boring predictable book

I was so disappointed by this book. Whilst I didn’t expect a fascinating piece of fiction by Moriarty, but rather just a light read, I was surprised by the mediocrity of this book. As a friend stated when discussing the book, it is as though Moriarty has just quickly pumped out a book to meet a deadline with little thought on the characters, limited plot development and no creativity. I don’t usually persevere through a book which I dislike so much but kept hoping that the story would develop. It did not.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 30-09-2018

FABULOUS!

Loved it. We'll Done to Liane and Caroline Lee. The Russian accent brilliant! Excellent characters, story and setting.

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  • Marti
  • 19-09-2018

Brilliant! The Best Yet

So enjoyable, full of wry humour, irony and perceptive idiosyncratic observation.
Another best seller for Liane Moriarty. Many times I laughed out loud.
Caroline Lee is the perfect narrator for this book. Nicole Kidman has already
bought the movie rights

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  • Gerald
  • 13-12-2018

Enjoyed it but found it difficult to listen to

The book seems to take a long time to get anywhere and towards the end there were sections i stopped caring what happened to the characters. However, as normal, the author creates such interesting characters that the book makes compelling listening.

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