• Second Life

  • A Novel
  • By: S. J. Watson
  • Narrated by: Susan Lyons
  • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (393 ratings)

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Second Life

By: S. J. Watson
Narrated by: Susan Lyons
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Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of Before I Go to Sleep, a sensational new psychological thriller about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her.

How well can you really know another person? How far would you go to find the truth about someone you love?

When Julia learns that her sister has been violently murdered, she must uncover why. But Julia's quest quickly evolves into an alluring exploration of her own darkest sensual desires. Becoming involved with a dangerous stranger online, she's losing herself...losing control...perhaps losing everything. Her search for answers will jeopardize her marriage, her family, and her life.

A tense and unrelenting novel that explores the secret lives people lead - and the dark places in which they can find themselves - Second Life is a masterwork of suspense from the acclaimed S. J. Watson.

©2015 S. J. Watson (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

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  • 06-10-15

UGH

The protagonist is just too stupid to keep listening. Was this written at the very beginning of the internet? Or has she just never used it before? The idea that you could find your sister's murderer by messaging a few people on a dating site she used! And that she wonders if people she's talking to are lying to her! On the internet! FFS. The narrator's performance does not help, it only increases how stupid she seems. If you're an impatient person, skip this book.

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Terrible :(

Found the main character infuriating. Her bad decision after bad decision were so frustrating to listen to. Would not recommend.

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Don't do it

I'm going to keep this short the book was awful, the performance was even worse! I got a refund on the book that's how bad it was!!

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I agree with all the other negative reviews

Would you try another book from S. J. Watson and/or Susan Lyons?

Not if the main character is as dimwitted as this one! She was so irritating- it made the story completely unbelievable.

Would you ever listen to anything by S. J. Watson again?

Probably not.

What aspect of Susan Lyons’s performance would you have changed?

I enjoyed Susan Lyons narration of Me Before You. I don't think anything could have helped this story.

What character would you cut from Second Life?

The main one!

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Lurid, unconvincing & overwritten.

Julia, the central character is a tiresome self dramatising hysteric. I wound up disliking her more than the villian of the book.

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Contrived and artless

Would you try another book from S. J. Watson and/or Susan Lyons?

Definitely not. This was the most unsatisfying novel I have finished in a long time. The author didn't take any time to really develop the characters. The main character is completely helpless, unlikable and unrelatable. The end seemed like a lazy cop-out.

Would you ever listen to anything by S. J. Watson again?

I definitely would not.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Susan Lyons?

Perhaps. I disliked the novel so much that it's hard for me to say whether the narration was good.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Second Life?

I thought the main character was so ridiculous and the story so flat, that I don't think any editing could save it.

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Second Life

A totally predictable story. Not unique.
Only a few parts made me question the plot

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Interesting and thrilling

Believable, well written, well read. Strong character development along with a compelling storyline makes for a great book!

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Frustrating

The main character was frustrating! Intriguing story, and pretty good characters, all except for the main character.

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Inside an Addictive Brain

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At first I was going to give this 3 stars as a so-so story -- a protagonist who is self absorbed, often stupid, incapable with technology, and incapable of making good choices. Very maddening. However, herein lies the brilliance of the story. The author takes us into the mind of an addictive personality and lets the story unfold there. We are trapped like the protagonist in a mind that does not engage the world completely but is always wrestling with compulsions and uncontrolled desires. Very well done and a very good performance.

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