Life after Joe

De: Harper Fox

Narrado por: Sean Crisden

It's not the breaking up that kills you, it's the aftermath.

Ever since his longtime lover decided he'd seen the "heterosexual light", Matt's life has been in a nosedive. Six months of too many missed shifts at the hospital, too much booze, too many men. Matt knows he's on the verge of losing everything, but he's finding it hard to care.

Then Matt meets Aaron. He's gorgeous, intelligent, and apparently not interested in being picked up. Still, even after seeing Matt at his worst, he doesn't turn away. Aaron's kindness and respect have Matt almost believing he's worth it - and that there could be life after Joe. But his newfound happiness is threatened when Matt begins to suspect Aaron is hiding something - or someone....

©2010 Harper Fox (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Great Performance

The story was a bit sketchy at times, but none-the-less engaging. This was a total surprise performance fo Crisden. He is always a master of characters, but an entire performance with believable accents and brogue!

Disappointed that I couldn't get into the story.

I never felt connected to the MC's and the writing was too descriptive and dragged the story out. The narration was ok, but a little too deep, the MC's sounded like old guys. But I did keep listening to see what would happen.

Charming!

A short book, but charming as are all of Harper's stories. The narration is very Scottish, but also understandable.

Enjoyable (extra angsty!) story

I really like Harper Fox and this was one of her first stories. It's heavy on the angst but I like that. I did not have any problem with Sean Crisden's narration. He is generally a good narrator and came through on this one too. He isn't actually Scottish but sounded a lot more like it than others I've heard on audible. To an American ear it can be difficult to understand at first but you get used to it. I don't at all think that Sean Crisdens performance detracted from the book. And since the characters are Scottish I would have been perturbed if the narrator had spoken in an American or British accent.

I tried I really tried !

I wanted to like this because I like Harper Fox and I like Sean Crisden ... but wow. I couldn’t . I just can’t make up my mind if it’s the writing or the narrator’s focus on the accent but ....
You know how when you you’re walking down hill and suddenly you’re going to fast and you struggle to figure out if you should give into the momentum or stop .. that’s what listening to this book was like ... the narrator’s tempo was just like that ... quick and then stop and I KNOW it’s partially the writing because there are details that are thrown at you like a mud pie and before you have time to register their meaning it’s over and something new is happening . For example .. he’s walking in the moor and then BOOM he’s engaged in a sketchy sexual act . But I’m thinking maybe the narrator is so focused on the accent he doesn’t pause where the action needs it.