A review by ndoenowu
Listening Still by Anne Griffin

3.0

BOOK CLUB 2023 FEB 3 ugh…at the end Niall tells Jeanie let’s go our separate ways Then all of a sudden he pulls out the dog legs and they walk off into the sunset together like everything’s OK. this book is a bizarre story. At times I was interested like in that some thing was going to actually happen but unfortunately everyone sucks in the story. Jeanie he’s not a nice person she doesn’t tell the truth at the end they never resolve the fact that they don’t want children together they at least tell each other that they don’t love each other it’s very confusing and I am left feeling completely uncaring about the end of the story. I am glad that I finished it quickly if only to know that the story with end as it does. I am frustrated feeling for Jeanie as she try’s to escape her family situation built in lies. I left feeling sad for the secondary characters more than Niall and Jeanie. Changed to 3 stars from 2.5 because there was enough here to want to read quickly to the end to discover the truth.