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Crushing
- Narrated by: Liz Blackmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings.
Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do is focus on every negative thing about them for the rest of your life until you forget to stop actively hoping for their slow and painful death, then get a haircut ...
Serial monogamist Marnie is running late to her own identity crisis. After a decade of twisting herself into different versions of the ideal girlfriend, she's swearing off relationships for good. Forever. Done. No more, no thank you.
Pretty inconvenient time to meet Isaac: certified dreamboat and the only man who has ever truly got her. It's cool, though, they're just friends, he's got someone else, and she has more important things to worry about. Like who she is, what she wants, and what the hell she ever saw in the love(s) of her life in the first place.
Flanked by overwhelmed new mum Nicola, terminally single Claud, and eternal pessimist Kit, Marnie reckons with the question: who are we when we're on our own?
'Crushing stings with truth and aches with hope. I loved it.' Jessica Dettmann
'A sharp, funny and biting exploration of a classic millennial existential crisis ... with some genuine laugh-out-loud moments' Books+Publishing
'A sexy, complex, bittersweet dark chocolate souffle of a book: airily paced, tartly funny, and with a romantic centre that's just gooey enough' Clare Fletcher
'Bingeable, sharply written, and hilarious, Crushing had me hooked from the first page. This book is filled with love, rage, and wisdom, and reading it felt like having a wine with a best friend.' Victoria Brookman, author of Burnt Out
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- Anonymous User
- 13-10-2023
terrible audio levels
the narrators pitchy australian accent was charming, until she started to whisper and it was not audible at all. so many moments i lost because i couldnt hear a thing. wtf
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-2024
Overblown
Overblown performance by narrative intensely annoying. Also found the book trying too hard to be more than it was
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- Natalie
- 13-07-2023
Engaging easy read
I enjoyed this book, a little predictable and the main character wasn’t very likeable (very ego centric) but also realistic in that I know people like that. An easy read that was reasonably enjoyable.
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- Rhiannon Feast
- 03-07-2023
A struggle
I really enjoyed ‘No Hard Feelings’, so was really excited to dive into ‘Crushing’. The protagonist was the most insufferable character I have ever encountered, made all the more punishing by the narration. A friend of mine read this, & loved it- so I think the narration has a lot to do with how painful this was to listen to
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-2023
Didn’t disappoint
I have been eagerly anticipating this book since reading Genevieve’s first book No hard feelings. I loved this one just as much, Marnie was fabulous !
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- Marnie Beck
- 05-06-2023
Did this book go through an editing process at all??
Unlikeable, arrogant protagonist. Awful cliche upon awful cliche. Narration was terrible (what was with the men’s voices? Completely off pitch!). HARD no.
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- liz
- 05-02-2024
Disappointed
Unfortunately this book wasn’t for me. I also found the narrator detracts from the story.
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