Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel

Picked this book on a whim; it was a great read. Good story line with interesting characters. Sorry to see them go when it was finished.

Ms. Niffenegger has become one of my favorite authors. The plot is very creative. I didn't want this book to end.

Once I started listening to this, I could hardly bear to stop. The plot line is strong, somewhat predictable, but in the way that a good, literate ghost story is: The reader's knowledge of the genre enhances the experience of reading the novel instead of getting in the way be tipping the author's hand. A major plot development (which I anticipated, but as stated before, anticipation isn't a problem with this novel) was terribly heart-rending, but no so much so that I had to (or could!) put my earphones down. The narrator is excellent -- a British accent but not one of those unintelligible ones.

I love love love this book! I could not stop listening-totally addictive. I was not at all disappointed by Ms. Niffenegger's sophomore work.

The whole premise was a bit strange but enjoyable.

This was a great book. Complicated, spooky. Really enjoyable listening.

Although it was an intriguing ghost story I found it difficult to enjoy the characters - except, of course, Martin. The characters seemed, to me, to be from another universe where childhood selfishness never ends. Maybe Audrey Niffenegger is asking us to look at the obsessions and compulsions inside of ourselves - we who think we're normal.

I really enjoyed the Time Traveler's Wife quite alot, but this follow-up was quite a disappointment. The novel started strong and about 1/4 of the way in I actually thought I was going to like it more than the Time Traveler's Wife. Unfortunately, when the "plot twists" and "revelations" started to be revealed about 1/2 way though, not a one of them were surprising and I had figured out almost every turn in the book well before the author had the reader arrive there. I found myself hoping something would happen that I didn't see coming throughout the entire second half all the way down to the last couple minutes. That thing never came, and that was detrimental... especially in such a plot heavy narration.
The best part of this novel is the narrator, and for that I gave the audio book an extra star.

After almost 3 hours of this book, I quit. I don't care for the characters or the plot. I have a 3 hour car trip tomorrow and decided I just couldn't do it w/ this book.

I was perfectly prepared to suspend disbelief for the Time Traveller, and I loved it, but the characters in this novel are just badly drawn, unsympathetic, unconvincing. The best thing about the novel is its great title. The idea of setting it in Hyde Park Cemetery is brilliant...everything else is ghastly. A boring, sordid little tale.