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The Empty Nest
- Narrated by: Jasmine Blackborow
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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It’s the day I’ve been dreaming about my whole life. As I glide down the flower-strewn aisle overlooking the Greek orange groves, in my pearl-encrusted ivory gown, I finally see my fiancé Nik. We look like the perfect couple, but not all fairy tales have happy endings....
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Couldn’t get past the main character
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OMG SOOOOOO NOT!!!!!!!!! a "gripping thriller"
- By Yorker on 2019-07-11
Written by: S. E. Lynes
Publisher's Summary
"Sometimes we can’t see what’s right in front of us, Kat. Everyone has secrets, even the people we love, the people we live with...."
Kat remembers the days when her only daughter Amy wouldn't leave her side. Amy was the baby who cried when you walked out of the room, the toddler who was too shy to speak to strangers, the small child who clung to Kat's legs in the school playground.
But now Amy is grown up, and Amy is gone - to university in a town several hours away. Kat's house - which once felt too full, too noisy, too busy - is deathly quiet, and Kat awaits the daily phone call to tell her that her beloved daughter is thriving and happy.
But one day Amy doesn’t call. Kat’s husband and friends think she is being paranoid - surely Amy is just out, having fun with her friends. But Kat knows right away that something is very wrong. Her daughter would never forget to call. She would never just disappear.... After all, Amy has nothing to run from. Or does she?
A gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Fans of The Wife Between Us, The Girl Before, and Gone Girl will be gripped by this story about a mother’s obsessive love for her child.
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- Jeff L.
- 2022-05-16
meh
this book was just ok. i found it fairly boring until about the last quarter.
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- Terri
- 2021-06-17
Well worth the credit
The story was well written and kept me interested right to the end. It was well narrated. Overall I recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-06-16
AMAZING till the last seconds
LOVED this book! Highly recommend listening. Don't bother with the bad reviews, they aren't true
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- Kelly
- 2019-11-02
If you're a mom of a young woman...
You will feel this book. I felt myself tearing up several times as I identified so much with the mother. It's a very well written, well narrated book. I can see that those without a daughter may find it tedious but I was riveted.
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- Mike Thompson
- 2019-12-11
The end as good, but the rest....
I’m glad I stuck it out and finished the book, because after the first half of the book saying the exact same thing I was going to quit. I understood the mother/daughter relationship clearly and could have used about 3 chapters less to describe it. You can only say obsessed so many times. We got it.
Also, the plot twists were well written. I was excited about once things actually started happening.
Yay for awesome narration! Saved this book for sure!
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- AJ Holmes
- 2019-11-19
Gripping
Wow! I had my suspicions very early on but shrugged them off but as it turns out, I was spot on. I was both happy and sad that I was right. It's such a shame how people are never who they portray themselves to be. The truth always surfaces...for some, too late.
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- Faith W.
- 2019-12-31
Kept my interest but main character was annoying
Fairly easy to guess who was responsible for Amy’s disappearance. Not a bad story, but found the main character so annoying it was hard to care much.
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- eh chaponis
- 2019-11-22
The Empty Nest
A true thriller through and through!! Loved it! So fast paced, read it straight through in less than a day!! Bravo to Jasmine Blackborow!! I will read her again!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💞
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- Shawn
- 2019-11-06
Great Book
This was a great book from start to end I was engaged the entire time, I have returned the last few books I’ve purchased on here but I was sad when the sad was over I Highly recommend
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- V. R.
- 2020-01-16
MOVES WAY TOO SLOWLY
This was the most excruciating book I've ever listened to. I forced myself through 5 hours worth and just couldn't torture myself anymore. The story moves WAY TOO SLOWLY; most of it is just one irritating main character ruminating/whining over her daughter being missing chapter and chapter after chapter with no turn of events... This book could have been edited down to a 1/3 of the length. I lost interest. I'm returning it.
On the bright side, the narrator was excellent.
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- MA Reviewer
- 2020-02-22
Empty!
I am an easy grader. This being said, I am giving this book an "A" for being the most "Annoying" and "Awful" book of the year.
How did this book get so many laudatory reviews? The real mystery of this book, however, was NOT the mystery revealed in the book's storyline (what happened to the mother's missing daughter) or how this book received so many 5-star reviews. Instead, the big mystery here was what happened to author Sue Watson. I have listened Sue Watson's other books and they were excellent. This book seemed like it was written by a different author.
Sometimes a good narrator can save a book. Not so here. The narrator was whiney. The beginning of the book (the first 3-4 hours) was very, very, very, very repetitive and kept on rehashing the mother's sentiments about her love for her daughter. In other words, the book should have been four hours shorter and I am being kind.
Take a hard pass on this title. I am very angry that I stuck with the book and wasted 8 hours and 50 minutes of my time.
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- Robert Keefer
- 2020-01-12
Good Ending
Good ending but very very slow to get to the drama and suspense. Almost gave up on it a few times but glad I didn't.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2019-12-12
Great listen.
Thus one kept my interest and maxed me want to keep on listening. It was tough to figure out. Little clues pointed every which way.
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