The Ever After

By: Sarah Pekkanen

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's Summary

In this intricate and enthralling domestic drama, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Affair, the internationally best-selling author of the “gossipy page-turner” (Glamour) The Perfect Neighbors goes deep into a marriage in crisis, peeling back layers of secrets to discover where the relationship veered off course - and whether it is worth saving.

Josie and Frank Moore are happy...at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous, and sometimes Josie wonders how she became a harried fortysomething mother rather than the driven career woman she once was. But Frank is a phenomenal father, he’s handsome and charismatic, and he still looks at his wife like she’s the beautiful woman he married more than a decade ago. Josie isn’t just happy - she’s lucky. 

Until one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband’s phone to make a quick call - and sees nine words that shatter her world. Now Josie feels as if she is standing at the edge of a sharp precipice. As she looks back at pivotal moments in the relationship she believed would last forever, she is also plunging ahead, surprising everyone (especially herself) with how far she will go to uncover the extent of her husband’s devastating secret. 

With her “conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters” (The Washington Post), best-selling author Sarah Pekkanen paints a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a marriage before and during a crisis - and of a woman who fears that the biggest secret of all may be the one she’s hiding from herself.

©2018 Sarah Pekkanen (P)2018 Simon & Schuster Audio

Snooze....

I had to quit after the first few chapters. So boring and topic has been done a thousand times over. Disappointed cause I have enjoyed author in the past. Skip this one.

Not a very good story line

Don’t waste your time. The boon climaxes within the first chapter, and is stagnant throughout. I checked out several times while listening. The ending was disappointing. There’s not much to this but a boring plot.

Slow, tedious and uninspired story of a marital crisis

I usually enjoy reading about the difficulties arising in long-term marriages. However, I was not impressed by the book. The characters are not very interesting. Josie, the wife, seems to overreact to a simple flirtation (no sex). She whines about her inability to forget the deception. Frank goes at great lengths to fix the problem but seems lame. The flashbacks to earlier stages of the relationship are useless.

Whiny and victim hood of the main character is a major turn off

Overdeveloped female character and underdeveloped main male character. Just wow. I only finished it to see if Frank would grow a set of balls and set them both free.

Terrible

One of the worst books I have ever listened to. Total waste of time. Shallow, stereotypical, very surface level plot, characters, etc

Boring

I kept waiting for something interesting or surprising to happen, but nothing! Really felt it was a waste of time!

ok

not my favorite by Sarah Pekkanen, thr story is just week. nothing made me want.to keep listening

A different outcome than expected.

Based on the few books I've read from these co-authors, I was anticipating a different outcome. Initially, I was disappointed. But, after thinking about it, it was more realistic to marriages in many ways. The story kept me intrigued and interested.

siri sound alike

I didn't like the storyline as much as I have in other books by this author. I absolutely didn't like the narrator as she sounded almost monotone and like siri. It made it hard to enjoy the story.

Writing wasn’t bad but it was boring .

I’m not sure why I finished this. I was very tired of listening to Josie whine and over think everything. Maybe because I’ve never been through this, but I thought the book was awful. It just went on and on...