Exciting Times: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Naoise Dolan (Author), Aoife McMahon (Narrator), Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Publisher)

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Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.

Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal'.

Enter Edith, a lawyer. Refreshingly enthusiastic and unapologetically earnest, Edith takes Ava to the theatre when Julian leaves Hong Kong for work. Quickly, she becomes something Ava looks forward to.

And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong....

Listening Length

6 hours and 55 minutes
Author

Naoise Dolan
Narrator

Aoife McMahon
Audible release date

12 April 2020
Language

English
Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ASIN

B081GZ2N7D
Version

Unabridged
Program Type

Audiobook
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Listening Length	6 hours and 55 minutes
Author	Naoise Dolan
Narrator	Aoife McMahon
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	12 April 2020
Publisher	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B081GZ2N7D
Best Sellers Rank	24,884 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 544 in Lesbian Fiction 1,905 in Gay Fiction 7,841 in Literature & Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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A book good enough to make me cry

Reviewed in Australia on 26 November 2021

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I cried over this book.
It's funny, so well written. The narrator's acerbic voice and detachment betray a vulnerability.
I felt this book captures something so important to all of his - loving and being loved and how relationships are so complex.
I was drawn in by the anecdotes about teaching English by a 20-something Irish girl. But I felt heartbreak at the ménage-à-trois. Also hope.
I really feel for the main character. Her faults and struggles are endearing, though she hides them from others with her sharp way of speaking so well.
It's a lovely read. I recommend it to anyone.

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A book based on cleverness needs accuracy

Reviewed in Australia on 15 August 2021

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e.g. Judy Garland died in 1969 aged 47 so finding a picture of her ‘her fifties’ is unlikely. Little things like this undermine the book which has a base in Ava’s sly intelligence.

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Jessica

Do not read

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2022

Do not read this book. I get the whole point of this book but it was so pointless (unless you like a novel whereas it’s more of an everyday lifestyle with normal, regular citizens then read this book) and boring. I wish i didn’t watch that youtuber that literally praised this book and gave it a high rating. I am so mad that i got so excited for this book only for it to end up as a waste of my precious time.

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Coffee Lover

Not worth finishing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2020

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I rarely give up on a book but the characters were so unappealing and the"plot" so unengaging that I only read about a third of this.

36 people found this helpful

Angelina

Starts off great but..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2020

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Starts off great but very quickly loses all the humour, sharp wit and relativeness that made the first part so appealing. The rest is merely repetitive meanderings on the same topics over and over again with no satisfaction of a worthwhile conclusion.

24 people found this helpful

Elle Kayem

10/10: would read again

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2020

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There’s something deceptively simple about this prose. It makes you feel as if you are reading a quick and simple novel, when in reality the characters are seeping under your skin and you are deeply invested in the ideas.

18 people found this helpful

Frank

I didn't get it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2020

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If you're looking for an easy read to fill your time then this may be worth a go. There's not a huge amount of plot (and the ending in particular didn't make much sense to me) - the book's focus is on the narrator's thoughts and feelings about herself and her romantic relationships with the two other main characters, Julian and Edith. Ava is a woman in her twenties and I would say that is the target audience.

Personally, it was hard not to feel like I was reading something that was trying to be very Sally Rooney but some people may like that about it!

14 people found this helpful

Time for Tash

Overhyped - but a quick, relaxing summer read nonetheless

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2020

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This book was not as special as the newspapers said it would be, and the title itself read "Exciting Times". It is barely exciting. The concept is original but the execution is basic, cliche and simply overdone. I have read elsewhere that Crazy Rich Asian fans might like it - this could not be further from the truth. This book lacks the adrenaline and actual excitement that trilogy contains. This is a bleak, easy read that one should not expect too much from. I read it very quickly and the ending was a further disappointment. The cliffhanger was pointless, as the book was not even 300 pages and yet the writer still could not finish up the ending properly by giving us an extra 5 pages of an epilogue or explaining who she ends up with. Maybe, I will reread it again in a year or two and will grow to love it. But for now, it is lacking that literary and artistic kick which makes a book ever so memorable. And until I can find or understand the flavour of the book, it is an OKAY book. Not good, or great, or amazing. Simply grey and okay.

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