The Hypnotist's Love Story

By: Liane Moriarty

Narrated by: Tamara Lovatt Smith

Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

A “sharp and funny romantic tale” (O, the Oprah Magazine) from the number one New York Times best-selling author of Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall.

Ellen O’Farrell is a professional hypnotherapist who works out of the eccentric beachfront home she inherited from her grandparents. It’s a nice life, except for her tumultuous relationship history. She’s stoic about it, but at this point, Ellen wouldn’t mind a lasting one. When she meets Patrick, she’s optimistic. He’s attractive, single, employed, and best of all, he seems to like her back. Then comes that dreaded moment: He thinks they should have a talk.

Braced for the worst, Ellen is pleasantly surprised. It turns out that Patrick’s ex-girlfriend is stalking him. Ellen thinks, actually, that’s kind of interesting. She’s dating someone worth stalking. She’s intrigued by the woman’s motives. In fact, she’d even love to meet her.

Ellen doesn’t know it, but she already has.

©2012 Liane Moriarty (P)2012 Penguin

Could have been better

The lengthy character self analysis made the story difficult to get through. If I was reading the actual book I would have skimmed over many pages. The story idea was great, but a boring, slow delivery.

Strange and interesting love story

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The only thing I would change was the would be the exchange between the characters. The story changes points of view between Ellen, the hyptnotist. Who is now involved with Patrick, and Saskia, Patrick's ex who is now stalking him.(Saskia even goes as far as to become a secret patient of Ellen's practice.)The narrator never says "Saskia" or "Ellen" so the listener never knows who's talking at the time. She just glides from person to person. So I had to listen closely to figure out who is talking. This made the story hard to follow and annoying, for almost the first half of the story. Until the characters really developed.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Hypnotist's Love Story?

I think the biggest momment is when Saskia breaks into Ellens home in the night and the big confrontation. Up until then, Saskia always kept her distance.Except for being her secret patient, of course, And this was a big turning point in the story.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I liked the story as a whole. These are two women that I had an immediate empahy with. They're real, and failible. With real insecurities. Two girls that otherwise would probably be friends. As I stated before, I just didn't like how the reader slide from one character to the other without a pause.

Do you think The Hypnotist's Love Story needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Maybe, I would love the find out what happened to Saskia, and if she actually finds a love of her own.

Any additional comments?

Overall, a good story. Just listen closely.

A relatable story

I like the story. It was intriguing yet sad, but pleasant and funny too. A little bit of everything. I was a little frustrated with the narrator at first. It took me a little while to realize who the narrator was speaking for because she never changed her voice. But once I got the hang of it, it flowed.

great read. Well written introspection

for anyone that's called an old boyfriend and hung up long before we had caller ID. when you just couldn't let go and you didn't know how to move on wonderfully told

very good character development.

great book to listen to - was a bit surprised about the ending...in a good way.

Love at its finest

Just when you think you’ve found your true love his ex pops up. It’s a fun story of a hypnotist that doesn’t realize one of her patients is her boyfriends ex girlfriend. By the end of the book you realize what makes the characters who they are and you’re ready to shake the ex girlfriend and tell her to move on.

#Exgirlfriend #Hypnotist #Stalker #Suspenseful #BadBreakup #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

Great Story and Great Performance

More than expected, I really enjoyed the musings about love and relationships in this book. And the performance was stellar!

So happy I bought this book

Riveting story, I couldn't stop listening! I really loved the ending. The narrator is phenomenal too.

Eh

Kinda boring , good narration though. Compared to her other books I think I like this one the least

Wonderfully interesting tale

This book was so interesting. I could not have predicted most of what happened. Liane Moriarty captures my interest and keeps me hooked until the very end every time! I truly enjoyed that the main character was a hypnotist. The way she described everything made it feel realistic. Just love this author and this book. And the performance by Tamara Lovett Smith was brilliant. Not too much and not too little on each of the characters voices. You knew someone different was talking but the changes weren't too dramatic. Perfect.