The Ex
Nicola Moriarty 2020 Bolinda/Harper Collins audio Read by Simone Gescheit It took me two renewals of my loan to get through this book. I know that doesn’t sound good but bear with me. The first time my loan ran out, I wasn’t sure if I needed to renew. It felt like a cliché story and I was sure I’d heard it all before. But I renewed it anyway. Something easy to listen to while I ran and walked. By the end of my 2nd loan though, there was no way I could leave it and not hear the end. The only problem? I’d reached my renewal limit! Thankfully, no one else had reserved the book and I was able to re-borrow immediately. Towards the end I was looking for excuses to listen. I was going for jogs every day and extending them for longer. I was gardening with my headphones on just to get a little more of the story. Eventually I had only 20 minutes remaining. You’d think I’d be able to listen, uninterrupted, for 20 minutes, in the comfort of my home. Not likely. 20 minutes ended up being 40 with all of the pauses I needed to make to answer my daughter’s questions and requests for help! But I got there, and how glad I was to stick with it. The Ex, by Nicola Moriaty is a psychological novel, disguised as a romance but eventuating as a thriller. The premise is a girl meets boy type scenario with the inconvenience of a mentally derailed ex who turns to stalking tactics to put the new girlfriend off. We follow Georgia’s point of view, the new girlfriend, for a good half of the book and it’s not until the end of her part when the story starts to get really juicy. The book then switches to Cadence’s perspective and we discover some new things about this character. Towards the end of the book we hear from a few other female characters and despite this unique way to tell a story, it works for this stage in the book. Towards the end there were a few moments when I was sure we had reached the actual end, but then there was another chapter. Each additional chapter, however, rewarded me for continuing my listen. In conclusion, I would highly recommend this book to a female audience who enjoys the likes of Liane Moriarty, The girl on the Train and Gone Girl.
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