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Title: Songs of the Humpback Whale

Author: Jodi Picoult

Narrator: Elizabeth Morton, Jonathan Davis, Jim Colby, Carol Monda, Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 283 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The powerful debut novel from

New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult,

Songs of the Humpback Whale is a moving story of love and family told through the eyes of five people: Jane Jones, her daughter Rebecca, and three very different men in their lives. After a watershed moment in their marriage, Jane leaves Oliver, her renowned marine biologist husband, and begins a journey across the country with Rebecca in search of understanding about her troubled past.

©1992 Jodi Picoult (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews:

"This powerful and affecting novel demonstrates that there are as many truths to a story as there are people to tell it." (

Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

So Glad This is now Available on audio

I had been waiting for this to come out on an audio book. I have read/listened to all of Jodi Picoults books. This is her first one. I have to say it isn't her best but for a first it is very good. An interesting portrayal of when you become your mom or dad and you didn't want to. A journey many of us wish we could take and don't.

Narration is ruining it for me

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I'm having a very hard time getting through this performance... not sure I'm going to finish. I'll just read the book instead. I've loved almost all of Jodi Picoult's books, and I think I recognize some of the male narrators from others of Picoult's audiobooks. They are not the problem.

The problem is the voice of Rebecca, who is 15, but the narrator is trying WAY too hard to sound young. She comes across sounding whiny, nasal, and annoying. Her reading of Rebecca's portion of the story is unnaturally slow, and she makes Rebecca sound either much younger than 15, or just stupid. It's painful to listen to. But unfortunately, I think the voice of Jane is who you hear when you try to listen to the sample on Audible.

Would you be willing to try another book from Jodi Picoult? Why or why not?

I will read anything by Jodi Picoult.

Disappointed

I've liked her books before this one. I've stopped listening about half way through the first half. Maybe I can get back to it but not sure.

Confusing and choppy storyline

I stopped listening after about an hour, because I couldn't stay with the story. Usually I love Picoult, but this book just made me confused and irritated. It isn't unusual for Picoult to use more than one narrator in her stories, often divided into one narrator per chapter. But in Songs of the Humpback Whale the story line is the problem. The narration jumps back and forth in timeline, which would be okay if there were a time reference somewhere.

The disposition as it is now just causes frustration. Too bad, was looking forward to another great Picoult.

Horrible

This was the worst book I have ever listened to and of course, the worst book I have listened to of Jodi Piccoult. Her facts were all wrong, especially on geography and her story line was completely unrealistic. I can't believe she went on to write other books that are acceptable. I can't stress strongly enough how much I disliked this book.