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challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
I really love audiobooks, so I was excited to join in with a listenalong on Instagram via the Tandem Collective and Bonnier Books. Unfortunately I struggled with this one, not the narration by Sophie Cookson, no, that was incredible and what really kept me listening. It's Christine Keeler's story that truly frustrated me.
At first I felt really sorry for her as she described her difficult childhood, escape to London and subsequent grooming by Osteopath Stephen Ward and her involvement in the Profumo Affair.
However, as the years went by and her life disintegrated through bad influences and terrible decisions, again and again, I lost all sympathy making it a really frustrating listening experience. I got very confused by all the different people who came in and out of her life and was fed up hearing about their sex lives and sexual appetites.
I did enjoy her reflections about the Profumo Affair and the subsequent research she'd done over the years, that was all really interesting, but I wish it had been put at the end of the book rather than being scattered through out her story.
If you enjoy audiobooks full of sex, scandal and government cover ups, then definitely give it a go. If you're not sure, maybe see if you can get a copy from the library, although you may find you want to throw it across the room at times!
At first I felt really sorry for her as she described her difficult childhood, escape to London and subsequent grooming by Osteopath Stephen Ward and her involvement in the Profumo Affair.
However, as the years went by and her life disintegrated through bad influences and terrible decisions, again and again, I lost all sympathy making it a really frustrating listening experience. I got very confused by all the different people who came in and out of her life and was fed up hearing about their sex lives and sexual appetites.
I did enjoy her reflections about the Profumo Affair and the subsequent research she'd done over the years, that was all really interesting, but I wish it had been put at the end of the book rather than being scattered through out her story.
If you enjoy audiobooks full of sex, scandal and government cover ups, then definitely give it a go. If you're not sure, maybe see if you can get a copy from the library, although you may find you want to throw it across the room at times!
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