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The Heart's Invisible Furies
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,155
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6,508
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,477
Cyril Avery is not a real Avery - or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding. A Must listen.
- By Keith G on 09-04-17
- The Heart's Invisible Furies
- A Novel
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
An almost perfect book
Reviewed: 07-07-21
Could not recommend more. It is worth the time and some! I would listen again.
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In at the Deep End
- By: Kate Davies
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 61
Julia hasn't had sex in three years. Her roommate has a boyfriend - and their sex noises are audible through the walls, maybe even throughout the neighborhood. Not to mention, she's treading water in a dead-end job, her know-it-all therapist gives her advice she doesn't ask for, and the men she is surrounded by are, to be polite, subpar.
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3 out of 5 stars
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it was ok
- By Carla on 10-16-24
- In at the Deep End
- By: Kate Davies
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
Returning it
Reviewed: 05-07-21
I really tried to give this book a chance! However, there are a few problems I can’t get past 1. The therapist is the WORST. Like seriously as someone in my masters program for therapy I am shocked at the behavior of this therapist. If you have a therapist like the one in this book RUN. Seriously, maybe she tells her off in the end (I’m not sure I couldn’t make it to that point) but that it not the way you speak to a client.
2. I find the main character to be odd. Some may find her charming however, I think there are things about her that make no sense. Maybe that’s the charm? I guess I missed it.
3. As a gay woman I’m confused about the constant need to throw in lingo and make references to things such as “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” I love RuPaul as much as the next bitch but it does not “belong” to gay women, as the author states. Strange.
4. The story has no flow. It isn’t going anywhere that I can tell, maybe the main character will end up with the Ella girl at the end? That’s my guess but I won’t be sticking around to find out. I’m bored and sadly not even excited by the sex scenes.
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