Songs Without Words Audiobook

" It didn't hold my attention the way her earlier book had, but I was glad to read it. Again, she avoided the trite and included little unexpected bits to treasure. "

" seemed pointless most of the time. I labored through it. the reviews all read "a testament to the power of friendship". Hmmmm. to me, it was more a story of several selfish, oblivious people. "

" What a depressing book. It revolves around two friends who one of them as children experienced her Mom's suicide. She acts like it didn't effect her entire life but it does. When her friend's daughter attempts suicide she just falls apart. "

" the Dive from Clausn's Pier was so much better - this one was alittle slow moving and the characters got me really frustrated. I felt like shaking them and saying "just do something!!" "

" A sad story...I like the way Packer developed the adult female characters in the book. I felt like I got to know the women pretty well. The writing style was very descriptive, but sometimes I didn't catch the author's meaning of a sentence because of the way it was structured; I had to go back and reread it. That was kind of annoying. "

" This book may be making me depressed... in it's total honestly of feelings so rarely talked about. "

" A friendship that went awry. It was a downer. "

" I liked this better than The Dive from Clausen's Pier but it's kind of slow. It's set in my area though, which is cool. "

" It was a very easy/quick read but I'm not sure if I liked it or not. The story was disjointed at times and I'm not quite sure the ending tied everything together. "

" So far, i'm about halfway through the book and love it! "

" Definitely a character book- lacking much of a plot, but beautiful characters all the same. "

" This book was very disappointing, overall. The writing is good, she certainly has a talent for it. However, I found the characters and plot in this sophmoric effort to be quite tedious. "

" Sometimes a bit tedious, but a realistic portrayal of the effects of depression in family relationships. Interesting, but not as interesting a story as The Dive from Clausen's Pier. "

" To tell you the truth, I didn't even finish the book. And I am not normally a person who does that. But if a book doesn't grab my attention with in the first 2-3 chapters, I don't finish it. I got about 2.5 chapters in & was waiting for it to get good. "

" I liked her earlier book, Dive from Claussen's Pier. This story line was hard for me to get into. I was not impressed by the friendship of these two women. A mediocre read. "

" The writing was good but I found myself becoming impatient with the characters continued ennui during lives that were basically so fortunate. "

" not so great. the story is just okay -- very predictable and packaged neatly. the writing is pedestrian. I remember her first book being much better -- I know it won prizes and was much acclaimed. so, would not recommend. "

" Boring and depressing... I listened to this on my drives home from work and it almost put me to sleep... "

" I thought it was pretty good book, its pretty deep about friendships and the hard times they go through..It has some more serious issues that some wont like. It was a good airplane read for me!! "

" Sad, but realistic and insightful story of family and friendship after tragedy "

" The story itself was pretty engaging, but the ending was disappointing. I almost felt as if Packer was running out of time and was forced to "wrap it up" in just a page or two. "

" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Nice writing...thought provoking. "

" Good, but drawn out in some instances. "

" not as good as dive from clausens pier "

" I was a little disappointed as I had heard good things about this author. I need to pick up Dive from Clausen's Pier as I've heard that is really good.... "

" Not as good as "The Dive from Clausens Pier" "

" I didn't love this mostly because I really didn't love either of the main characters. It was almost as if I would like to read something by Packer, but not with these people in it. "

" The writing was good but I found myself becoming impatient with the characters continued ennui during lives that were basically so fortunate. "

" Listened to cd. Not entirely happy with it, but had some moving parts "

" It was okay. The characters were not all that likable. However, I thought responses to the tragedy that each character goes through was interesting, as well as how that affected the relationships with each other. "

" Very depressing book as usual though by the time I got through it was OK. Liz' daughter attempts to committ suicide which bring up a bunch of issues between her and her best friend whose mother had committed suicide when they were teens. "

" This book was okay - easy to read, but boring at parts. The characters also annoyed me - but that could just be my general lack of patience these days! "

" Themes: depression, teen attempted suicide, long time female friends. This novel was just ok; I expected more. "

" I felt this was very slow moving and jsut never got off the ground and didn't connect. I kept waiting for things to come together but they didn't. "

" Awkward writing and one-dimensional characters abound in this pointless tale of two lifelong friends who have a falling-out. "

" I found myself unable to care about either of these women, and wondered why someone would bother to write about them. "