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Me Without You

By: Kelly Rimmer
Narrated by: Federay Holmes
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If you enjoyed Me Before You by JoJo Moyes, One Day by David Nicholls, or The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, then make time for Kelly Rimmer's stunning, heartbreaking new audiobook, Me Without You. A story of how love can break our hearts - and heal them.

A year ago I met the love of my life. For two people who didn't believe in love at first sight, we came pretty close.

Lilah MacDonald - beautiful, opinionated, stubborn and all kinds of wonderful in ways that words could never quite capture. The woman who taught me to live again.

My Lilah, who gave me so much and yet kept from me a secret that she knew would break my heart.

My name is Callum Roberts, and this is our story.

Me Without You is an audiobook to make you smile, bring you to tears and remind you to hold on tightly to those you love.

©2014 Kelly Rimmer (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

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Good Story; Too detailed

I really cared about the two main characters. However the story seemed to have numerous details about other characters that slowed the narrative unnecessarily. I wish I had known before I bought this audiobook that the narrator had a strong Australian accent. Because I have a hearing loss, I had difficulty understanding some of it as an American who rarely hears that accent. Since this story was told mostly from the male character's point of view, I think the narration would have been more effective if there had been a male narrator instead. The writing was very realistic, making it easy for me to get engrossed in the story.

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A male

A male should have read this book instead of a female. Most of the book is seen through Callum’s eyes not Lyla’s. Even as a narrator it should have been male. I wanted to desperately like this book but with the voices it was very hard to follow and understand.

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Keep your thinking cap on

A women’s narration of a man’s story without much change in her voice, and a female character named Peter (maybe Peta, hard to tell from the pronunciation). Had to really concentrate on who was speaking.

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Depressing

This was the most depressing book. I don’t want to read about death. The narrator was awful. Squeaky high pitched voice, for the male part too. Could not tell who was talking and until the 4th chapter I thought it was about 2 women. Certainly not one of her bests.

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Me without you

I didn’t like the voices of the people narrating the story. Sometimes I couldn’t tell if it was Lila or Calum talking. They both sounded the same.

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How is no one talking about this love story??

People ask over and over again about a book that will break your heart and make you feel - this is it! Beautifully written, beautifully narrated... I love this so much!

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Beautiful

Beautiful love, life and tragedy; and read so well! I fell for both characters immediately and the narration was perfect; especially towards the end! We’ll done and highly recommended but do expect tears!

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BEAUTIFUL

This was one of the saddest, most joyous, real life stories. I was sucked in from the first chapter and the tears that I cried and the laughter that I got from it were amazing. What a wonderful story teller!

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Breath Taking

Pulled at my heart every chapter! at the end I couldn't let go. amazing story of love and a way to view life.

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Loved every minute!

Kelly Rimmer is now one of my favorite authors. She has such incite into feeling. I would highly recommend this book but beware, you will need some tissues at the end.

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  • Hannah
  • 04-13-16

Trite predictable rubbish

Totally predictable, trite rubbish. I endlessly rolled my eyes throughout. The characters were so one dimensional. I kept hoping it would get better because it had so many good reviews and was compared to Us by David Nichols which I loved. I wish I hadn't persisted with it to the end. It never improved and doesn't hold a candle to 'Us'. I found both the story and the performance to be woeful. Would give zero stars if I could. Utter disappointment.

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  • Erin M
  • 11-21-16

Exceptional writing

I didn't have any expectations for this book. I assumed it would pass the time on some long walks. However it was incredible. The writing was superb and I totally felt the emotions of the characters. I wept at one stage. I was carried along with the story and although the ending was inevitable, it didn't detract from the story.

Beautiful written. Well read. Great book.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 02-18-16

Brought me to tears

What a fantastically read book!
It brought me to tears.
I loved it. Would make a great movie!!!
Very sad it's finished 😪😪

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  • jacqui
  • 05-11-16

Well written and beautifully read

Beautiful, sad and life affirming. If you want to laugh, cry, then go out and make the most of life, perhaps this book is for you. Keep the tissues handy.

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  • nicky w
  • 02-26-16

Beautiful

Struggling to find words to describe this story of love and illness. Very emotional and so well written.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 05-07-16

loved it!

Very thought provoking! Enjoyed the narration. Would like to read more from this author. Thank you.

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  • Lydia
  • 05-22-18

Bad narrator choice

Just can't stand the narrator long enough to get into this. I'll have to return it.

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  • adele
  • 07-01-17

Poignant

I thought this was a very good book. The subject matter was sad and the outcome inevitable but the two characters were well drawn and sympathetic. The narrator did a very good job of projecting the individual voices. I will be reading more books by this author and hope they will be as engrossing.

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  • Trish
  • 12-05-18

Compelling, emotional

It’s a long time since I have read a book that has kept me emotionally involved and from the first to last page. I have cried buckets.

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  • Caroline
  • 03-10-16

beautiful

my first audio book and I loved every minute. Great story which made me cry, but it was a beautiful story of love and life.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 12-15-20

Narration not ideal

I found it difficult to get into this book because I couldn’t loose myself in the narration. I wish there had have been different voices for the two characters, it would have made it a better listen. Ive heard it’s a great story but unfortunately couldn’t bring myself to continue listening

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  • Nancy E.
  • 07-05-19

Me Without You

Truly a loving story rich with character development I only wish there were two readers one each for Lyla and Cam. I didn’t want the book to end ...it touched me and I felt real love and pain...thank you Kelly❤️

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  • Nicole Smith
  • 05-02-17

Appalling narration

I'm going to have read this book....the appalling narration is grating- as if everything is a question. Moreover there is little characterisation for each of the characters.

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  • Brrenda
  • 08-02-16

love is strong

This was a wonderful love story that was based in a popular Sydney Australia suburb that I was familiar with. .I jiust hated the NZ sounding accent of the narrator Federay Holmes, whom seemed to pronounce every word like a Kiwi and every swear word seemed to be read louder, if the New Zeakand accent does not give you the cringe factor than you would probably rate this book alot higher.

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  • Raelene
  • 02-05-16

Must read

An incredibly beautiful story. Laugh out loud amusing and heart achingly sad. I loved it.

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