The First Husband

By: Laura Dave

Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett

Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

A savvy, addictive novel about a woman torn between her husband and the man she thought she'd marry.

Annie Adams is days away from her 32nd birthday and thinks she has finally found some happiness. She visits the world's most interesting places for her syndicated travel column and she's happily cohabiting with her movie director boyfriend Nick in Los Angeles. But when Nick comes home from a meeting with his therapist (aka "futures counselor") and announces that he's taking a break from their relationship so he can pursue a woman from his past, the place Annie had come to call home is shattered.

Reeling, Annie stumbles into her neighborhood bar and finds Griffin - a grounded, charming chef who seems to be everything Annie didn't know she was looking for. Within three months, Griffin is Annie's husband and Annie finds herself trying to restart her life in rural Massachusetts.

©2011 Laura Dave (P)2020 Tantor

Ok story, terrible narration

The story was only ok. I loved Dave’s 800 Grapes & The Last Thing He Told Me, so I kept going and expecting the story to get better, but it was overall very bland.

Satisfying Ending

I’m glad Annie ultimately made the decisions she did. And I’m glad I was wrong about how this would end. Griffin watching Roman Holiday made me think I’d be crying at the end! The narration was a little annoying, but I liked the story!

Nice story, but Elizabeth Kletts voice was an unpleasant distraction

Laura Dave tells a sweet love story and does a great job developing her characters. However,Elizabeth Klett, the narrator has a voice that set me on edge - shrill, sing-song, unpleasantly saccharine and artificial - that constantly distracted me from the story.

Okay Story

The story wasn't bad and it was a quick intertaining read. However, the narrator sounded AI generated and it almost made me quit several times throughout the book because the narrator had no emotion amd sounded monotone.

Okay book

This book has a good storyline. However,the narrator was very monotoned had a tough time committing to finish it.

The narration ruins it

How did she get this job? The writing is good. The reading is stilted and she over pronounces her Ts and Ds. Almost gave up multiple times due to the reading. Be forewarned.

Good story, didn’t care for narrator

The narrators voice was too formal, somewhat robotic and I didn’t care for it. Unfortunately it took away from the story for me. When trying to be objective and take the voice out of it I would say the story was good. Interesting enough but not riveting.

Sweetly entertaining

An easy read, light and funny, but still creating an anticipation for the outcome, which i found pleasing.

Good story, terrible narration

The story felt a little bit scattered and not a lot of character development. However, it was a light read for the lake. The narrator needs to be less emphatic with her diction.

Enjoyed the story

I enjoyed all of the places the author described. It made me feel like I was there. I would recommend this book to my daughter and sister. I also liked the ending. The only thing I didn’t like was the “She said,” “He said.”