No Name

Wilkie nails it again!

(5 stars)

Sunny

Yes, this is Wen I have a Wilkie's longest stories. But if he had left out one little sentence, One new lines or when little paragraph story would not have been the same. It was an excellent read. If you have read while key before you will love it. If you have never read Wilke you must meet this one! The readers were excellent. It was truly a page turner. At times I had to limit myself because I had other things I had to tend to. The story has so many twists and turns it just keeps you guessing what's going to happen next. I may have to listen to it again because I'm sure I missed things here and there along the way. Highly recommend that you read this book.

Long but interesting

(4.5 stars)

Katie

I enjoyed listening to this book and thought the group of readers did a great job. It's a long one but also an interesting study on how we respond to crisis or disappointment, as well as how anger can take one over. It reminded me of a Buddha quote, "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." And this story even has a little poison in it... :)

LONG WAY TO HAPPINESS

(4.5 stars)

Avid Listener

Collins once again snatches happiness from tragedy, but he took an inordinately long time to do it. Too much of this long novel was spent in the company of cruddy people such as her cruel uncle, her deranged husband, Captain Wragge, and the housekeeper. The uncle and her husband may be excused for their miserable miserliness, but there is no excuse for the evil soul of that self-serving toady, LeCount. She is the worst of Collins' villains, and he fails to punish her. If this were my first exposure to this author, I might not have continued to the end, so depressing was the long duel between Wragge and LeCount.

sooo good

(5 stars)

Hannah

It’s a very long book and I do think there was a lot of time spent with yucky people. That being said, I don’t think it would have been as hard to listen to some of the story if I had not been invested. I wanted her to win so badly! I loved Captain Wragge. Yes, he was a self serving scoundrel, but he had funny ways and cared for her in the end. I think the ending was one of the best I’ve ever read. The last few sentences were perfect. Love Wilkie Collins. Enjoy!

great readers

(5 stars)

Elaine

I an fairly new to Wilkie Collins and I have not yet listened or read his most famous one ie read women in white or moonstone. This book is rather long but is interesting enough to keep you listening with its twists and turns; Two Of the biggest villains in literature in the captain and Lecount ; oh dear Mrs wragge - maybe Dickens wrote that bit as he helped Collins in his time of illness or addiction ; I almost cried listening to the last two chapters read by Bob nuefeld

(5 stars)

Anna Palinkas

Maybe not one of Wilkie's best but it was a lot of fun to listen to anyway! If you know the author you know what you're in for: secrets and sudden deaths and sudden marriages and twists and turns and suspense and all the good stuff, with a great female protagonist of course. Beautifully read!

(1 stars)

Ms. Elizabeth

I with various readers would not choose novels. books with short stories would be better. I wonder if they go back and listen to themselves. I've missed out on many novels due to various readers on one book. I don't read cause I have listened to myself.

Terrific Victorian Novel

(4.5 stars)

Lynette C.

Wilkie Collins is a great companion for mindless manual work, and some of these readers are terrific. I enjoyed the chess-like maneuvers between parties, found the Between-the-Scenes letters an interesting structure, and actually busted up out loud at some of Mrs. Wragge's scenes.