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Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Into the Water by Paula Hawkins, read by Imogen Church, Sophie Aldred, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Bavidge and Laura Aikman.
The addictive new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train, the runaway Sunday Times Number One best seller and global phenomenon.
In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help.
Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind.
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- P. Clarke
- 06-05-17
Very hard to follow for me.
There were so many different facial points I got totally lost with who was who. Gave up on it.
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- Laura
- 09-17-17
Very depressing
Couldn't finish the book. This doesn't read like a 'whodunnit' or mystery...it's just about grief. 2 senseless deaths, and all the families grief...in the end I just couldn't take it anymore and gave up.
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- GB
- 06-03-17
A Great Read
I bought this book because of The Girl on a Train, which had been a good pot boiler and I wanted to read more.
This book is very different. It is a better story and better written. It draws you with twists ans turns that that psychological rather than thriller like.
It is slower and weaves a tale of a more complex nature that shows how everybody is involved in a small town society
On the critical side: the tale has much more potential than the writer develops and there are a few flaws that one might nit-pick over if your were inclined,
On the whole it is a great yarn, well told and entertaining. It shows a developing style as an artist that is full of promise.
To sum up I loved the book, I was riveted to the tale and I look forward to the next one.
The production is solid. The readers are wonderful, they develop a feel for characters in their reading which gives a nice depth to the story.
All in all and excellent buy and an excellent investment of your time to read.
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- Andrea Garcia de Magalhaes
- 02-01-18
Thrilling!
Loved the book, very exciting and unputdownnable! The readers made it even better, really good interpretation!
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- barbara
- 05-11-17
Into the Water
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, but did not find the ending as suspenseful as Girl on the Train. The author has a good way of writing though and the narration was good. Now looking forward to the next book. Enjoyed the characters
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- Luna P.
- 07-14-23
Great listen!
While it can be confusing at the start, book overall is interesting and different voice actors complement eachother.
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- Annie Armstrong
- 02-04-19
PAULA HAWKINS IS A GODDESS
I’d read in reviews that this book is better than Girl on a Train, and thought it was just publisher hype. But it’s true. It’s better. It’s as good as a thriller can possibly get, and then some. And the narration was sublime... all of the narrators did an absolutely incredible job. Thank you so much, Paula Hawkins, for this incredible story, and thank you so much narrators for gorgeously bringing it to life!!!!?
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- Jónína
- 12-28-18
A bit confusing to begin with
came along nicely, less confusing as the story progressed, held the suspense. would definitely recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-12-18
Would make a good TV mini-series!
Well written. Great characters. Alas, predictable! Great on audio though as you really feel the emotions of the chatacters.
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- Simon
- 05-03-17
Out of the Hype Comes Real Quality!
I come at this from the probably fairly rare perspective of someone who has never read The Girl on the Train. Simply too many books too little time. That said even I was never going to fail to miss the hype surrounding it and the film which I have also managed to let pass me by somehow. However, the hype around both meant that the pressure on Paula Hawkins to deliver with this book must have been immense.
What struck me very quickly about this one is that it is most definitely not a rushed out second book to ride the wave of popularity. Rather, it's a well-constructed and thought out thriller that came over very differently to the kind of story that I had imagined.
It's partly a one-way conversation from one estranged sister to another. It pokes very hard at the psychology of grief and childhood problems and at how misplaced loyalty and bias can have telling consequences. From a brutal but intriguing start this moves from one point of view to another gently hinting and probing at the multi-layered mystery underneath.
The cast are by and large very good, giving great individuality to the characters as you would expect from top quality narrators like Weyman and Church. That said, I did feel that one of the narrators was a bit weaker than the others. The one additional small weakness of having more narrators in this format was that of course it meant that some of the main characters were voiced differently by the different narrators which jarred just a little.
So, out of all the hype and from under the undoubted mountain of expectation Paul Hawkins has produced an excellent mystery. It has a large cast of well-conceived characters and you will need to concentrate more than some books to get the best out of it but it genuinely is worth it.
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- N
- 05-05-17
Don't bother.
Unlike most people I was never that impressed by the girl on the train. So when I saw this book I was slightly apprehensive about purchasing it. I thought I'd give the author a second chance and really wish I hadn't.
This book is infuriating, completely ridiculous, unbelievable characters. You know what this is about? Miscommunication, that's it. If the characters weren't so pathetic at communicating half of the events wouldn't have occurred. I had about three hours left and had to return it before I ripped my hair out.
Non of the characters are likeable and just infuriate you with their complete stupidity.
I will never read anything by this author again in the future.
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- Sheila
- 05-04-17
Disappointing
The narration is good, but the story is all over the place and the characters never came alive to me and none were very sympathetic. Too contrived. Wouldn't recommend – and I loved The Girl on the Train
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- Ann D
- 05-06-17
Confusing and un-engaging!
I persevered for 7 hours, but I have to give-up with 4 1/2 to go. There are too many characters and too many narrators. I quite like the character Jules and could have really engaged with her if only she wasn't repeatedly lost amongst all of the others. Beyond that I couldn't care about any character, most were superficially drawn. Several chapters were devoted to various character's dream sequences, others devoted to stories of women drowned as Witches in times gone by. Listening felt like being slow walked to an epiphany. However, I fear there won't really be one. Finally, the repeated flicking between first and third character, together with the large number of supposingly significant characters contributing to making the story confusing.
The narration was mostly good, but the Geordie accents voiced by a female narrator (not Imogen Church) were a bit OTT and forced.
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- Alice
- 04-29-18
Unfortunately not a good choice for an audio book!
I didn’t think this book was very good; especially when compared (as it inevitably will be) to The Girl on the Train. The key problem was there were simply too many narrators. I counted at least 11, if you don’t include Nell’s writing about what happened in 1920 as a separate narrative voice.
Now, in a regular book this many narrators would confuse and annoy me, but in an audio book it was almost impossible to understand what was going on and who was telling the story. If you left it for a week and then came back in there was no way to know who you were listening to, and I had to think really hard which character linked to the name announced at the start of each chapter. In the end I had to listen to a lot of the book on one day, just to be able to keep track.
Most of the vocal performances were good, but unfortunately none of the characters had a distinct enough narrative voice to enable you to realise who was narrating at any given moment. This made the book an extremely bad choice for my first attempt at enjoying an audio book. Thankfully all the threads came together in the end, but I found the conclusion fairly obvious. A lot of the time I only kept listening because there was an element of mystery at the heart of the story. I think it’s a shame that none of the characters were likeable and a good concept was ruined by a bad telling.
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- Sharon
- 05-06-17
So disappointed 😔 awful
I am so disappointed with this . I had high expectations.,the characters jumped around so much and didn't make sense at times
Boring mismatch and sometimes the narration sounded the same and I had to stop and think who was what. It certainly for me was not a listen that you could get lost in .....
So so disappointed 😔
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- carole
- 05-08-17
Does not deserve all the hype, huge let down
Would you try another book written by Paula Hawkins or narrated by the narrators?
Perhaps.
What was most disappointing about Paula Hawkins’s story?
Rambling, pointless, confusing. Tried several attempts to get interested, to no avail.
Hugely disappointing.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Too many voices for pretty boring characters. Narrative doesn't warrant such excellent performers.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
All three emotions.
Any additional comments?
No.
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- Kawaii Princess
- 05-06-17
Utter disappointment
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A better book, I am afraid.
What could Paula Hawkins have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Thrown the first draft away and started again.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?
Little Mix?
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
It was easy to return and get my credit back
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- bookylady
- 07-03-17
A great page turner. I loved it.
Paula Hawkins had a lot to live up to, following the huge success of The Girl On the Train. But in this story I felt she managed to achieve a story of considerable depth and complexity.
Told from various viewpoints and in several different voices, this is a story that gives an account of the mystery surrounding the death of a woman in a notorious Drowning Pool. But did she drown in an accident or was she killed?
Several people fall under suspicion, including the local policeman in charge of the investigation. The narrative twists and turns, exploring the motives and background of all those who fall under suspicion.
A great, satisfying end too. Excellent narrators gave the story a compulsive quality; I couldn't stop listening.
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- MR
- 05-05-17
Woeful
I honestly cannot believe this book is from the same author as "The Girl On The Train".
There are simply too many characters in this book and I did not care about a single one. I could not understand their motivations or actions because without exception every single character lacked any real depth or personality. I found the switching between first and third person completely jarring and unnecessary which led to a quite frankly miserable listening experience.
This is such a disappointing book and I persevered with it for far longer than I normally would have done and made far more allowances with the book (especially early one where the book is downright ponderous) purely on the strength of the author's previous work. However in the end I simply could not justify spending any more time trudging through such an unenjoyable work of literature and returned this book with 3 hours to go.
Paula Hawkins next work will have to be a unequivocal return to the standard of writing displayed in her debut before I even consider reading a single word of hers again.
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- Jane K
- 05-11-17
Couldn't wait to finish this dragging disjointed story
What a disappointment this book is. It felt like girl on a train and into the water were written by different authors. The story lacks mystery, purposelessly slow paced sucking you into false sense of grand mystery about to be revealed only to reach disappointing conclusion. The narrators are dull and monotonous. If it hadn't been for the fact that Paula's first book was great, I would have stopped listening 1/3 into her second.
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- Jacqueline
- 06-01-17
Too many characters!
What disappointed you about Into the Water?
Way too many characters, every chapters i listened to i was scrabbling to remember if i had already been introduced to this character and what part they played in the story
What was most disappointing about Paula Hawkins’s story?
The jump from how riveting Girl on the train was compared to how confusing Into the water is
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?
The narrators were not the issue
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Into the Water?
Honestly i would of just told the story from two point of views rather than giving everyone in the town a voice
Any additional comments?
I can see how the story would of been interesting but as mentioned i think it could of been conveyed just as well from less characters
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- Shayna
- 05-08-17
Gripping, well crafted listen
This is a book that is particularly well suited to being listened to. With multiple characters speaking from their own viewpoint it can get confusing. Thankfully the vocal talent in this rendition is outstanding and makes each character instantly recognizable. Highly recommended.
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- Rod
- 05-14-17
Another fine mystery
Like her previous novel, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins’ latest mystery weaves its story from multiple perspectives, fleshing out the curious deaths of two linked people within weeks of each other, both at a local suicide hot spot nicknamed The Drowning Pool.
The use of five narrators in the audiobook adaptation separates out the different viewpoints with clarity and drives home the unique traits of each individual in this thickly-populated story. The marvellous Imogen Church, Doctor Who’s Sophie Aldred, Daniel Weyman, Rachel Bavidge and Laura Aikman keep our attention and curiosity burning despite the largely unlikeable characters.
It opens with the death of unpopular newcomer to Beckford, UK, Nell Abbott. She’s found in the water of a popular picnic cove that runs off the Beckford River; a spot with a history of murder and suicides dating back to the drowning of witches hundreds of years ago. A steep cliff face and shallow waters have combined to give the area a dark history.
Nell had been drafting a book, offering fictionalised accounts of the actual deaths at The Drowning Pool, both historical and more recent. It was a deeply despised idea that the townsfolk were against. Already an outsider, her persistence with researching and writing the book had been making Nell increasingly unpopular.
Nell’s death leaves behind her rebellious teenage daughter, Lena, who is still grieving for the loss of her best friend, Katie, only weeks earlier at the same spot. Placed under the care of her estranged aunt, Jules, it soon becomes evident that there was more going on under the surface of Nell and Katie’s lives. With resistance from the local police but some help from the new Detective Sergeant, Erin Morgan, the family duo begin to question if the two deaths were, in fact, murders.
From violent past boyfriends, to misogynistic old men, an interfering psychic busybody, and Katie’s wimpy brother Josh, there are only a few moments of likeability to be found amongst the people of Beckford. Their personal agendas drive the story forward however, and the stellar narrators make them real. Into the Water is not as tense as The Girl on the Train. This book is more a mystery than a thriller, and a character study of those within a defined community. The ending offers the expected twists that you won’t see coming, but it doesn’t tie up all the loose ends clearly and the tension is not as high nor as impactful as the previous novel.
What continues to surprise me the most about multi-cast audiobooks is the lack of direction given to the performers in how to present the characters. There is a lack of continuity, allowing each narrator to put their own slant on each character for the chapters they read, whether it be a character’s accent, tone or mood. The reading of Into the Water suffers from this lack of direction but no more than other multi-cast audiobooks – although it’s perhaps more noticeable here because of the large number of characters and readers. Multi-cast narrations are still quite effective however, and do make so many perspectives easier to follow.
Into the Water may not be as good as The Girl on the Train but it’s still a worthwhile mystery that unfolds in Paula Hawkins highly enjoyable and unique style. Read this and more audiobook reviews on our site at GlamAdelaide dot com dot au, including a review of The Girl on the Train.
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- Rachael Jones
- 05-12-17
Gripping
I loved her previous book so was excited to read this one. Its premise sounded good, if not obviously a bit depressing but also intriguing.
I loved the way she wrote it, always changing people's point of view so you had to keep reading to get the whole story about an event or person.
I didn't love the ending, somehow I felt like there should have been more to it. It almost felt anti-climatic. But not necessarily bad.
It held me captive all the way through which is rare for me so I enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-09-17
Page Turner, Easy Read!
A captivating story full of interesting characters & many twists & turns. A recommended read!
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- barbara
- 06-15-17
boring
the narrator was ok but the storyline lacked the suspense that her previous novel had. All in all a pretty lack luster novel
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-23
Struggled to finish this one
I usually try and find redeeming values in a book even if it wasn’t my favourite but honestly struggling with this one.
I found the characters, of which there were many, frustrating, unrelatable and one dimensional.
The story had twists but you could see where it was heading a mile off and it was slow and drawn out.
I personally wasn’t a fan of the narration either, some of the voices were very annoying but I think they did the best they had with the material.
I did consider stopping part way through, but I’m stubborn so I persisted but wasn’t worth it in the end and wished I had picked something else.
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- Rebekah Tainui
- 02-15-21
A good thriller
Once I got my head around the characters it was quite an intriguing read. Good ending
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- Anonymous User
- 05-29-20
Very disappointed
Really struggled to get through this book. The beginning is especially tedious and jumps around all over the place. One of the reasons I persevered initially was because I love the Geordie accents.
As the book progressed it did get better but certainly isn't anything to get exited about.
Disappointing as with a well known author you anticipate a good read.
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