Heard It All Before

By: Michele Grant

Narrated by: Simi Howe, Karen Pittman, Corey Allen, Avery Glymph

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Debut novelist Michele Grant pens a juicy tale in Heard It All Before. Best friends Jewellen and Renee think they know Dallas men like the backs of their hands. But that’s before Jewellen unexpectedly falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, and Renee gets lured away from her own man by a hard-bodied hottie.

©2010 Michele Grant (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Grant depicts their dilemmas with a pitch-perfect voice, delivering funny yet believable stories embellished with a gusto that readers who enjoy Carl Weber and Mary Monroe will relish." ( Publishers Weekly)

Great Listen

Despite some other reviews, I thought this was pretty good. It kept my attention and some parts were even comical. I enjoyed it.

Not Great But Certainly Good!

This book held my attention from start to finish and for the most part was pretty good. The narrators were all good, but I did like some of them better than others. Most parts were pretty predictable, but still several parts definitely brought out a chuckle and an audible "uh-uhnnn".

Bottom line: I would give this author another try.

great listen

part comedy, which I didn't expect. it would make a great movie. the actors were fantastic

Really Cute!!!!

If you could sum up Heard It All Before in three words, what would they be?

cute, entertaining, just really good

What did you like best about this story?

I liked how we got both male and female perspectives to show how they both think about a situation and can look at it very differently

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

It really did the story justice, i liked all the back and forth

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Any additional comments?

This is a very fun listen

Loves it

A great story line and the narrators really brought it to life. Her debut book was a hit with me.

interesting read

Where does Heard It All Before rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book does rank fairly high in my library. The implementing of four narrators to assume the role of each character does allow a better comprehension of their mind set, especially the male mindset since it is reflecting their POV.

What other book might you compare Heard It All Before to and why?

A bit more spice and it could hold its own to a Zane manuscript. (just a little)

Funny, playful, sexy!

A wonderful sisterhood of friendships. I love the playful banter between the couples, and the way the author steps out of story mode from time to time to grab your attention, then smoothly bouncing back again to the wonderful storytelling.

Poor Performance

The female narrators were monotone and extremely dull. The story was also overly detailed and the dull performance did not help.

Hard to Follow

I don’t usually write reviews however this book was awful from the start. The narrators were hard to listen to with awkward pauses and the story line was predictable and boring. I tried a few times to listen but couldn’t deal past the first few chapters.

Non-poetic urban storytelling

Bought the book based on the ratings and description (a lesson!) and was sorely disappointed by the excessive descriptives (do I REALLY need to know the details of what you're wearing and thinking EVERYTIME!?!) and overused idiomatic language (to substantiate the "downness", I suppose) that seemed to be a cover for telling a good story. I found myself rolling my eyes at the characters because I didn't like them and couldn't fit them into any reality. An urban tale spun by the ever so good looking, great job, hood to riches, quick witted (not really), got-it-all-together characters left me wanting. There was absolutely NO depth or sincerity. I'd advise the author to look at the writings of Diane McKinney-Whetstone or JD Mason to see how soulful love stories are spun. Black love is a beautiful thing and deserves a good telling.