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  • The Blue Hour

  • A Novel
  • By: Paula Hawkins
  • Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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The Blue Hour

By: Paula Hawkins
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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Publisher's summary

"The best Paula Hawkins yetby a tense and haunting mile."Lee Child

"An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional."Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods

"A masterful exploration of the nature of obsession...I loved it."Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek

The propulsive and powerful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.

Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago.

Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation.

But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling.

And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge....

A masterful novel that is as compelling as it is unsettling, The Blue Hour recalls the sophisticated suspense of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkins’s place among the very best of our most nuanced and stylish storytellers.

"Atmospheric and marvelously twisty."Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an Execution

“Reminiscent of du Maurier: art, islands, missing spouses ... Hard to put down.”Mick Herron

"A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling."Shari Lapena

©2024 Paula Hawkins (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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Dismal, hopeless story

This book was unrelentlessly depressing. It wasn't even an interesting story...it just droned on and on to its abrupt and sad ending.

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Great narrator

I can’t even get into this book. It’s so depressing. I don’t know what’s going on after eight chapters because it’s not interesting enough in my mind wanders

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The narrator was good.

This book is barely a mystery, it’s obvious who did it from early on, I’d hoped for a twist but got a lot of mediocre dialog. The motivations of the characters are weak, unless being overweight is motivation to do terrible things. The characters are generally not good people, which would be interesting if they weren’t poorly written stereotypes. I have read other books by Paula Hawkins so it’s extra disappointing because she can create more complex characters. If you want to read about an overweight woman who is continually described as unattractive try Stephen King’s Misery!

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What just happened?

Sudden ending. Awful conclusion. Very predictable. More of an art history lesson, than a novel.

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the ending was awful

There wasn't a hero character to be found and there were so many unanswered questions

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Beautifully narrated and written.

So moody and compelling. Enjoyed every minute of this one. Especially loved the island scenes and the art.

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Another overhyped dismal book

I endured this godawful, boring book hoping that I would not have to experience the dreary, gloomy ending I was fearing. Hawkins ending was indeed dismal and disheartening. The more I listened the more I realized that I didn’t care what was going to happen next. I just wanted it to be over. This book was a waste of a credit and a waste of time.

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Performance

I’ve read other PH books. This book wasn’t good. No likable characters and abrupt ending.

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Too boring to keep listening

I don’t like to return audios but after 2 hrs of mind- numbing monotone reading I have to give this one up ….

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Exceptional

Skillfully plotted, character driven mystery with depth and weight-a fantastic listen.
One of her best offerings by far.
A wonderful book, creepy, unpredictable and constructed in a very creative way.
Certainty worth a credit-I tore through this one.

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