amazing story need more

read this when I was 26 I'm now 33 and listened on audible, the story really hold up, one of my favourites not centred around sex, the vocals of the reader really draw you in 12/10

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Brilliant

The narrator was simply amazing, the story was amazing everything about this book was amazing! I highly recommended this book

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Why is this book not a top seller?

If you could sum up Shattered Glass in three words, what would they be?

Read Candateshia's reviw.

What other book might you compare Shattered Glass to, and why?

The Psycop books do come close. The sense of humour is similar.

Which character – as performed by Joseph Northton – was your favourite?

Do you even need to even ask? Austin!

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Let me think about that? Did it make me laugh? Yah, pretty much every 3rd sentence was LOL moment. I have no idea how the author managed to get some serious crime stuff aligned with some stand up comedy material but he nailed it. Dani Alexander I salute you,

The cat retrieve scene had me in stitches.

Any additional comments?

Can you plese tell me why Joseph Northton has so far narrated only 2 books?! That guy is AWSOME! This a rare example of a book where characters in early/mid 20s are narrated by somebody who actually sounds age appropriate and not by a middle aged bloke (Scrap Metal - I am looking your way!).

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Fabulous narration by Joseph Northton

Where does Shattered Glass rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In terms of performance, I enjoyed this as much as ' Hot Head '. Both narrators enhanced the manic, enthusiastic writing that characterise these books.

What did you like best about this story?

Peter's voice, in particular, but I loved all the voices in this book.

What does Joseph Northton bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Peter's incredible voice and order to Austin's chaotic inner voice. I actually enjoyed the audiobook experience even more than the text.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It often made me giggle.

Any additional comments?

Please get the same narrator for the next book!

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A real gem!

A rollercoaster of pure delight.
Action, wit, romance, and so brilliantly written and narrated.
The characters are delightful, the asides amusing. There is nothing average about this one!.I have this now on kindle, on audio, and have sent for the real thing in paperback! Loved it.
A must read and a keeper.

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Mostly good

On the whole I really enjoyed this book, to the extent that I thought it might be on the trajectory for 5 stars. However, a few things dragged it down.

Usually the main character, Austin, was a loveable a-hole and I quite liked how he was different to characters in other books. However, he frequently crossed the line to being a cruel a-hole, especially about throwing the whole whore thing back in Peter’s face all the time. Also, by the end I really didn’t buy into their relationship and it still seemed just as teetering on the edge as it did at the start. I had assumed that the relationship would develop as the book went on and it would leave the reader feeling invested in them, but it really didn’t.

Interesting that there was no attempt to show the characters growing through the book, and instead everyone stayed exactly the same. I can only presume the author was making a statement with this, in that people don’t need to change, and relationships shouldn’t make you different. Growing and developing a character doesn’t have to mean you were saying anything was wrong or needs to go though, it just means they have evolved, and maybe become an ultimate version of themselves when they meet the right person. This aspect of stories is usually what hooks readers in so it was sadly missed.

Also, the story got all a bit convoluted and messy and seemed to lose its way during the second half. Perhaps an editor could have tightened it up and made it flow better? There were random plot lines that just seemed to be thrown in for no reason.

The narration was ok, and aspects were great. It felt a bit rambling and undifferentiated at times though and there wasn’t a great range of voices.

In summary, absolutely huge potential, but parts of the story and characters dragged it down.

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lovely romance

story was sweet. narration was poor and confusing at times ....hard to work out when he was speaking as the protagonist or narrating the story. also those silly titles to each section were off putting but I blame that on the writing!

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