Getting Rid of Bradley

By: Jennifer Crusie

Narrated by: Elenna Stauffer

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Lucy Savage is not having a good week. Her cheating husband, Bradley, lobbed the final insult when he stood her up in divorce court. A dye job gone wrong has left her hair green. And someone is trying to kill her. To top it off, sexy cop Zack Warren is certain that the very same man Lucy is trying to wash right out of her hair is the same Bradley he wants to arrest for embezzlement. When someone shoots at her and then her car blows up, Zack decides she needs 24-hour police protection.

Next thing Lucy knows, Zack has moved in to her big Victorian house, making them both sleepless...and not just from things that go bump in the night.

©1994 Jennifer Crusie (P)2006 Audible, Inc.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Fun story

Enjoyable story. Fun characters.
My only issue is that there was no pause or indication when going from one scene to another. It made the story a little confusing as suddenly it was a different scene with different people.

Oddball romcom

At times hilarious, other times incredibly old school. Had I read this in the ’90s, I’d have rated it higher. I can see how it won the RITA that year.

I loved Lucy saving herself but she made some stupid decisions before that. The men, even Zach many times, have alphahole tendencies.

The narration also took away some of my enjoyment of the book because her male voice made Zach sound highly immature and her Bradley voice was downright awful.

Eh!

Elenna Stauffer needs a different job. The story was alright it's a Harlequin so no drama or anything.

Probably won't listen to this narrator or read Jennifer Crusie again.

Ear bleed

The story held your attention but the narration was so bad I almost just turned it off. However I had to know who did it.

Read the book, instead

The story is light and fun. The narration is awful. The story takes place in Ohio, but the narrator uses a New York accent for one of the native-to-Ohio characters. She sounds like she's got a cold throughout. Her voice for the MMC makes him sound like an over-eager little kid. I found the narration unpleasant and distracting.

I am glad I finally listened

This is one time I finally didn't go with the reviews and finally listened to the book. I had this book for a couple of months before listening to it. I agree the narrator was not good, she didn't have a "Man's character" voice at all, but to me the story was so cute and entertaining it out shined that problem. I love the banter. I did feel Lucy was a little "too much" but hey...it was part of the story.

In my opinion (whatever that is worth) it is worth the credit.

Wilted

I'm a Crusie fan and find her clever dialogue, intricate plots and quirky characters very appealing. Maybe I've read too many (5) of her other novels but I found this text a warmed up rehash of previous (better) works. If this is your first Crusie romance you'll likely enjoy it but if you're familiar with her earlier work you'll likely find it weakly reminiscent of better novels past.

good story bad narration

I liked the story. It was sweet and humorous. the narrator cannot voice a Male character. she sounds like an elderly woman.

I only wish it was longer. . .

I love Jennifer Crusie's novels, I just hate how short they are. Prior to getting into my critique of the story I want to address Stauffer's narration. This is the first time I have heard her narrate and within the first 15 seconds I was convinced she would butcher nit, her voice sounded scratchy and very young, in the next thirty seconds she had me hooked and kept me on the line the whole time. She really did a good job treading the humor in this book, she was able to deliver every punch line, I was very impressed.

I really connected with the characters in this novel. I don't know any other authors who can imbue every single person, as well as the animals, with depth, personality and wit (yes, even the dogs were witty) in 6 hours. Crusie is really very gifted. At one point one of the characters mentioned typing on a type writer and that really jarred me, that is how effortless this story is I didn't even realize it wasn't immediately contemporary. This is a wonderful story, and so so sweet, I wish I could listen to it for the first time again.

Hilarious!!!

I loved the story. So funny. My son came to see what I was laughing about. Really not fond of narrator. It was difficult to figure out when she was reading or speaking for the characters.