The Vacation
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The Vacation
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Narrated by:
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Peter Noble
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By:
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John Marrs
About this listen
For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you.
©2015 John Marrs (P)2018 W F Howes LtdWhat listeners say about The Vacation
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- Anonymous User
- 27-03-2024
Side characters were interesting
Book was OK. It took far too long in my opinion to get to the core of the book and have things start to get interesting. I’d say you have to be very patient for at LEAST the first 5 hours to fully get into the book. Not one of his greatest compared to the rest.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2024
fantastic characters
this story was such a fantastic ride, you get to know each character so well, all with a problematic past and uncertain future and yet all blend together perfectly. narration was also great considering all the different accents. highly recommend.
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- Odette
- 10-08-2024
fabulous
This story got better and better as time went on with lots of twists and unexpected turns. The last half I ended up binging and look forward to discovering more stories by this author. The narration was fantastic the story fabulous and highly recommended.
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- Therese Tucker
- 29-04-2018
another great Marrs book
loved it. the second Marrs book I've read and both were fabulous. narrator excellent. well done audible
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- Elena
- 25-03-2025
Too many moves back and forth in time
it was very hard to follow in the beginning as there were too many characters and too much going back and forth. Chapters were too short, and there were so many of them. The
ending was OK, but not sure if I would recommend this book to others.
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- TashaS
- 22-02-2024
So much happening - highly recommend!
When I first started listening to this book, there were so many characters and I was really unclear of who fit in where and what their backstory was. as the story progressed the depth of the characters, and the understanding of their situations was made clear, and the storyline was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes twists, a really solid story and a lot of different story lines linked in throughout - another great book by John Marrs.
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- Bionda Hiensch
- 18-11-2024
Good read
There were so many characters and stories in the beginning, it was hard to keep track.
I persisted and as more information was received each individual and story came to life.
Some great twists and " I didn't see that coming moments".
A good read and glad at the end, the loose ends all got sorted and revealed...no wondering.
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- Craig Punshon
- 17-08-2023
A good holiday read
Not a bad read sitting by a pool .
A tale of incredible coincidences awaits you
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- Nicole S
- 25-05-2024
Expect the unexpected...
After a bit of a slow start, the story developed very quickly and continually kept surprising me. The narrator was outstanding!
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- Joanne
- 19-03-2025
Powered on through a hard listen…
I really love John Marrs, but this novel has been a DNF for me for a long time, and after multiple retries, I decided to power through and figure out whether it or not it was worth the effort.
The conclusion? Yes and No.
The story itself has a lot of different characters and time lines, and at times, especially in the first half of the book - hard to follow. Although, like all John Marrs’ novels, comes together eventually, and pretty satisfyingly on brand for his narratives.
However, I think the narrator lets this one down. I truly appreciate how much effort he gave the characters, and could look past the terrible accents - however, I think the delivery of them (especially Savannah ugh) made the writing feel far more caricature, one-dimensional and often cringe-worthy, than it was intended.
A+ for effort, F for effect.
My advice? If you’re struggling with this one too, it’s worth going to a paper copy.
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