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Title: The Girls

Author: Lisa Jewell

Narrator: Gabrielle Glaister, Amelie Jewell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-15

Publisher: Whole Story AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other peoples houses. Youve known your neighbours for years, and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really?

On a midsummers night, a 13-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

Critic Reviews:

"Lisa Jewell's characters are so real that I finish every book half-expecting to bump into one of them. Modern, complex, intuitive, she just goes from strength to strength." (Jojo Moyes)

"A stunning, beautiful, mesmerising book that everyone will be reading." (Tamar Cohen)

Members Reviews:

Well told. Compelling. Well worth it.

Author demonstrated the ability to get inside the mindset of teenagers. A nuanced and compelling read. I would recommend.

A really good listen

Chose this book quite randomly, found it quite gripping and enjoyable. Definitely would recommend it.

A real find!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely! Its a great read/listen. Its an unusual story, with just the right number of twists and turns. Its intelligently written and the characters are all well drawn, with each one interesting. It bounced along nicely and I always wanted to know what happened next.

What about Gabrielle Glaister and Amelie Jewell s performance did you like?

The narration was faultless.

Any additional comments?

I wasn't sure that this would be for me, as I am not usually one for narration from a child's point of view. This book was narrated by several characters, including children. However, it was so beautifully written that it really worked. I have not read this author's work before. I read a review elsewhere from someone who said they had 'grown-up' with Lisa Jewell's books since her early 20s, and that they have evolved from stories of family life by young adults, to include older characters. For that reason, I wouldn't rush to read her earlier work. However, I will be downloading her more recent and future novels.

Weak in several parts

What disappointed you about The Girls?

An interesting collection of characters, but Grace and Tyler were the only ones I knew more about by the end of the story - all the others were pretty static and caricatured (the unorthodox home-schooled girls, the holocaust survivor, the non-PC grandfather etc). The new crime mirroring an earlier one was an interesting concept, but the connection between the two was presented very quickly and briefly.

The logistics of the assault on Grace disappointed me most of all; that the perpetrator managed to do everything required whilst presumably in a state of great agitation without being observed by anyone and within a very tight timescale defied belief.

What aspect of Gabrielle Glaister and Amelie Jewell s performance might you have changed?

Gabrielle Glaister's narration was smooth and flowing. Her representation of different characters was skillful. Given that, why was she not given the voice of Pip's letters? I found Amelie Jewell's narration to be very irritating and in my opinion it was an indulgence to include the author's daughter as a narrator.

Any additional comments?

I bought this as half of a two-for-one deal.