The No-Show

De: Beth O'Leary

Narrado por: Beth O'Leary, Evanna Lynch, Heather Long, Kathryn Drysdale, Luke Thompson

'The No-Show is an ingenious, heartwarming and romantic story with great depths amid the humour and lightness' Sophie Kinsella

'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book . . . surprising and deeply satisfying' Emily Henry

'The kind of book that leaves an impression on your heart' Holly Miller

'Perfect escapism: romantic and uplifting with a twist you won't see coming' Lucy Diamond


The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare

Three women. Three dates. One missing man...

8.52 a.m. Siobhan is looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it - she normally sees him late at night in her hotel room. Breakfast on Valentine's Day surely means something ... so where is he?

2.43 p.m. Miranda's hoping that a Valentine's Day lunch with Carter will be the perfect way to celebrate her new job. It's a fresh start and a sign that her life is falling into place: she's been dating Carter for five months now and things are getting serious. But why hasn't he shown up?

6.30 p.m. Joseph Carter agreed to be Jane's fake boyfriend at an engagement party. They've not known each other long but their friendship is fast becoming the brightest part of her new life in Winchester. Joseph promised to save Jane tonight. But he's not here...

Meet Joseph Carter. That is, if you can find him.

The No-Show is the brilliantly funny, heart-breaking and joyful new novel from Beth O'Leary about dating, and waiting, and the ways love can find us. An utterly extraordinary tearjerker of a book, this is O'Leary's most ambitious novel yet.

This audiobook includes an exclusive interview between Beth O'Leary and Evanna Lynch.

'The kind of book you want all your friends to read so that you can talk about it non-stop' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

'A brilliant, multilayered, romantic stunner' Lauren Ho

'Sweepingly romantic, bursting with character, and so, so clever' Gillian McAllister

'Charming and delightful!' Laura Williams

'It will break your heart in a million different ways' Louise O'Neill

'A truly brilliant book' Lucy Vine

'Fresh and surprising yet still so distinctly Beth O'Leary' Caroline Hulse

'This book will stop-start your heart with plenty of tears and plenty of laughter' Lia Louis

'Fresh, clever, superbly plotted . . . A triumph' Mike Gayle

'Beth O'Leary at her very best' Lindsey Kelk

'Achingly clever, another fabulous read from Beth O'Leary' Sophie Cousens

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A satisfying roller coaster of emotions

I think I ran the gamut of emotions. Not in any order, I was happy, sad, touched, thrilled, disappointed, curious, puzzled and I laughed out loud in public. This story just swept me away and I loved every minute. A word of warning, don't start it in the evening because you won't be able to leave it long enough to get some sleep. Loved the plot twist... read and find out. A very satisfying read.

Great book, the narrating was a little confusing

This review is more about the audiobook version than the plot itself

I love this book but i liked more reading it than listening to it even though the voiceacting is good, i was really interested on the multiple narrations and it makes sense that its devided by POVs more than by characters itself but for Joseph Carter i think they could have his narrator throughout the book for example, as he literally only narrrates 1 chapter and its the last one so its kinda random.

Also i tend to listen to audiobooks at like 1.3 or something as i mostly find the reading too slow but i actually didnt need to do it for Evanna Lynch as she reads in a good pace for me at the normal speed but as i felt like every narrator had different reading paces i had to change the speed of the audio every chapter kinda as if i kept it the same throughout it sounded either too slow or too fast in some of the chapters.

This is just because of my personal preferences and its a good audiobook and i love the plot itself but ya i think for first reading the book itself is better than audio as some features can break the experience (at least for me) but its good for rereaaading as this book should be read more than once

P:S.: I loved the interview at the end

Original plot

Beautifully written with well developed characters that you grow to care about while you figure out how they are connected