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Desire Lines

A Novel

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Desire Lines

By: Christina Baker Kline
Narrated by: Amanda Troop
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From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Orphan Train comes a novel about friendship and the memories that haunt us.

On the night of her high school graduation, Kathryn Campbell sits around a bonfire with her four closest friends, including the beautiful but erratic Jennifer. "I'll be fine," Jennifer says as she walks away from the dying embers and toward the darkness of the woods. She never comes back.

Ten years later Kathryn has tried to build a life for herself, with a marriage and a career as a journalist, but she still feels the conspicuous void of Jennifer's disappearance. When her divorce sends her reeling back to the Maine town where she grew up, she finds herself plunged into a sea of memories. With nothing left to lose, she is determined to answer one simple question: What happened to Jennifer Pelletier?

©1999 Christina Baker Kline (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Maine
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Enjoyable but not up to the standard of “Orphan Train”. No real twists or surprises. Strong narrator

A little predictable

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It seemed too obvious who was responsible for Jennifer's death from the beginning. Though you didn't know the name, the character reference was enough.

Not enough suspense

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I was so excited about this book since Orphan Train is one of my all time favorites. I was hooked at the beginning, but by the end I just wanted it to be over so I could know what happened and move on to another great read. I didn't find any of the characters lovable and the ending was predictable.

Promising beginning, fizzled out at the end

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The narrator was superb and of course I truly love this writer

Enjoyed

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the strongest objection seem to be to the narrator. I managed to listen to it all. some of the voices were off-putting. the narrator needs to work on her female voices and her male ones.

the storyline became very tedious. I felt that it was all pretty muddy and unnecessary. just not as well developed as I think this author is capable of

not as good as her others

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While the plot was predictable. the characters were well drawn and believable. It was a relaxing listen.

Being a Mainer I found the attempts at Maine accents awful. Very distracting. The other voice changes were pretty bad

Engaging story. Terrible narration

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This reader was the worst reader I have ever listened to. Her nasal voices for all the characters was like nails on the chalkboard. The story was long and drawn out. The last two chapter and the first two were all that was needed. Way too much whiny drama.

Terrible Reader

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I’ve listened to Audible for several years now but this is the first time I’ve ever abandoned a book because I couldn’t bear the reader’s voice. This reader used such obnoxious voices for the characters that I was totally put off after a mere 15 minutes. I do not plan to finish the book as it’s too painful to listen to.

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