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    The People at Number 9
    The People at Number 9
    The People at Number 9
    Audiobook9 hours

    The People at Number 9

    Written by Felicity Everett

    Narrated by Jenny Funnell

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    Meet the new neighbours. Whose side are you on?

    ‘An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw’ Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

    Have you met The People at Number 9?

    Sara and Neil have new neighbours in their street. Glamorous and chaotic, Gav and Lou make Sara’s life seem dull. As the two couples become friends, sharing suppers, red wine and childcare, it seems a perfect couples-match. But the more Sara sees of Gav and Lou, the more she longs to change her own life. But those changes will come at a price.

    Praise for The People at Number 9:

    ‘Cleverly maintains suspense … a compelling and readable tale of our times’ Daily Mail

    ‘An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw’ Adele Parks

    ‘This was clever, relentless and utterly recognisable. I absolutely loved it!’ Katie Fforde

    ‘Held me in its vice-like grip from first page to last. It's a fascinating analysis of an unhealthy friendship based on insecurity and delusion, and the characters are so vividly drawn that I sympathised with them and despaired of them in equal measure’ Sophie Hannah

    ‘Excruciating yet unputdownable, this is domestic noir at its most gripping’ Woman & Home

    'A cautionary tale of what happens when you get caught up with the in-crowd … The characters and the games they play are instantly recognisable to anyone who has stood at the school gates and felt slightly out of place. I gulped it down quicker than a dirty Martini' Veronica Henry

    ‘Beady insights into female friendship. Irresistible, excruciating and unputdownable’ Fanny Blake

    ‘Incisively witty, painfully true … draws the reader in with the voyeuristic joy of gossiping about our friends and neighbours, with a shocking sting in the tail to catch us all out’ Samantha King

    ‘I LOVED it. Such an unsettling read, with a whole grass-is-greener vibe that makes it really quite creepy … Perfect reading for a cold, dark night!’ Lisa Hall

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateApr 6, 2017
    ISBN9780008216917

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    • 4/5
      My husband and I enjoyed listening to it together. A very interesting view on suburban life.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I think the book was pretty well written, in that it fleshed out the majority of the characters. It was clear and I kept coming back to see how the story would end. The reason that I gave it 2 stars is that it really never went anywhere. It was a very dry story overall. I was always hoping for that thing and it just never came.
    • 5/5
      SO good! I couldn’t stop listening to this!! The voice artist was fantastic as well! So talented!
    • 1/5
      There was no discernable plot. No idea what this book was about. Drivel
    • 3/5
      Well I thought this book was a bit strange.I enjoyed it but kept waiting for something to happen. Like maybe they were going to scam Sara and Niel as 5hey already lent the we m 8,000. Perhaps Sara and had an affair. Or Sara got something bad happen as she treated Carol and friends badly. Really nothing much happened. The main point seemed to be art
    • 2/5
      The reader was fantastic so I was happy listening to it, but the book had very lit plot and was rather boring and a bit self-indulgent.
    • 1/5
      New bohemian, artistic family move next door and captivate Mr and especially Mrs normal. Story was rambling in parts, ludicrous in others (who gives their “friends” 8 grand at the drop of a hat, must have paid for the never ending supply of weed and wine they had, despite never seeming to do any paid work, Also, who yanks their children out of school to teach them at home even though they have no teaching qualification or experience without even a sniff of a visit from social services? ), and boringly obvious overall, never reaching any satisfactory conclusions. Characters were cliched and all thoroughly unlikeable. The ending was empty, unsatisfactory as if the author got as bored writing it as I was listening to it.
    • 2/5
      This was, in a nutshell, a book with very few interesting plot points and was basically about a family with poor boundaries. Pass.
    • 1/5
      There wasn’t much of a plot and then it seemed to end abruptly.
    • 5/5
      Great characters, interesting commentary on suburban life..engrossing from the start
    • 1/5
      Dreadful. Tedious, repetitive and very limited in plot or engaging characters
    • 2/5
      I could not wait to be finished with this book. Neighbors obsessed with new artist neighbors, being taken advantage of, abandoning other friendships, neglecting their children. I didn’t like any of the characters!
    • 2/5
      I hated everyone in this novel except for Carol.
    • 4/5
      This human drama set in a London suburb is as riveting as a crime novel. Excellent escapism without being lowbrow.