disappointing

What did you like best about The Soldier's Wife? What did you like least?

I quite liked the storyline but as a book by Joanna Trollope, it was disappointing. I usually love he books.

What did you like best about this story?

It was different.

How could the performance have been better?

I found the reader's voice very irritating and she really didn't sound as if she had any idea how to deliver a story. The expression was all wrong.

Was The Soldier's Wife worth the listening time?

Not really

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True to life perspective view of military wives

What did you like most about The Soldier's Wife?

The reality of military life and the feelings being told from both soldier and wife

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Soldier's Wife?

The reality of readapting to being back in civilian life with his family

What about Julia Franklin’s performance did you like?

The true to life reality of military life

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

At times it was very gripping but I have to say I cried

Any additional comments?

Wonderfully told and kept me listening from start to finish

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very enjoyable despite the tears

have only recently returned to Joanna Trollope and so v pleased I have - hugely enjoyable

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An ok story.

Not a strong and engaging story.. I thought it all fairly predictable. Other books by this author had more engaging stories. Just a personal view.

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Joanna back on form.

I read all of Joanna Trollope's earlier novels as they came out. Then there was a long period of indifferent writing and disappointment. I have loved every word of "The Soldier's Wife" and it is great to,see Ms Trollope writing so eloquently again about contemporary issues to do with relationships, vocational careers and modern demands. Thank you!

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Superficial Story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I persevered with this book and listened to the end. Lucky I listen while commuting or falling asleep so it is down time.

Has The Soldier's Wife put you off other books in this genre?

No, but it has put me off Joanna Trollope books as this was the first one I have listened to and it didn't impress me.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was fine

If this book were a film would you go see it?

no

Any additional comments?

I superficial story with very surface level characters. I felt little depth of character and found them frustrating. Story was bland with little to write home about.

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The Surprise of the Year

Although I have read and enjoyed many of her books, I only bought this book because I am 'a soldiers' wife'. The surprise for me was just how enjoyable this audio book is- so much so that I have told more people about this book than any other this year. Joanna Trollope seems to understand army life from the family standpoint so well that if somebody told me that she was an army wife then I wouldn't be surprised. Yet the beauty of her writing is that it really isn't about the army as much as about all those careers that regularly separate families and then bring them together, sometimes under stressful conditions. My husband is French but the story could just as well have been set in Paris because the story, the emotions it touches are universal - read it, you won't be disappointed.

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Very touching

I heard an interview with Joanna Trollope and an Army wife before I heard this book, in which the author was delighted with the comments of the Army wife that she had all her facts (including the emotional elements) spot-on. I found it an extremely human and humane tale, which gave me great food for thought. Excellent narration, too.

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Lovely

Made me laugh Made me cry A perfect tonic to the tribulations of isolation of Covid

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