The Believers Audiobook (Unabridged)

" wonderful. highly recommend. searing social satire with a heart. my complaint is that all the characters seemed british, but only one was supposed to be. heller's got a great narrative style, command of language, and graceful flow. keeps you reading! i LOVE how everyone reveals their utterly nasty, judgmental sides -- and most of them i could relate to. "

" I really enjoy Zoe Heller's prose, and the storytelling. I felt like she wanted to make a point though, with this particular book, and I didn't see one. I learned a bit though, and that's always a hope of mine with everything I read, so I'm glad to have read this one. "

" Wonderful writing, marvellous use of language "

" Acerbic, not for everyone, but I really enjoyed it "

" Not as good as Notes on a Scandal... "

" At first this reminded me of that stupid Zadie Smith book that I hated (On Beauty), then it grew on me, but by the end I just didn't care. All the characters are ultimately really unlikable, and I just can't get on board with traveling hundreds of pages with people I don't like. "

" This book was very disappointing. None of the characters were the least bit sympathetic and I"m still not sure why they put up with what they did "

" This was a mordantly funny book about faith, betrayal and the dysfunctional family. A very compelling read. "

" Although I disliked all the main characters, the quality of Heller's writing is such that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Well portrayed irritating people battle with illness, their own problems and each other in a beautifully written and touching story. "

" This one bored me a bit. Not entirely sure why. "

" Interesting & well written but very unlikeable characters "

" Interesting book. Difficult to find a character that I liked--they all had such rough edges to them. "

" Based on the reviews, I expected this family to be more like the Bluth family in Arrested Development--I was bound to be a bit disappointed. The matriarch was a hoot, but the daughters were a bit dull. "

" I'm not sure what I think about this book. Well-written, realistic portrayal of the "perfect leftist couple" of the 60s. I remember the type. But the she of the she and he is so unlikable, and except for one other character, I don't really care what happens to these people. "

" Fun, quick read, well written. You don't actually LIKE any of the characters in the book so there's little investment as a reader. But it's a snarky portrayal of a white liberal family in NYC with a neat little plot. "

" This book is much better than its description originally sounded to me. Highly recommend! "

" Bit dull. Hugely unsympathetic characters made it very hard to care. "

" I don't get the criticism of Heller's character as all being so unlikeable. To me her books are filled with very realistic characters, not necessarily good or bad. Similar to Vonnegut. "

" loved this, sharp dialogue and abrasive characters, the Litvinovoffs are a radical NY family who are seeking peace from their dysfunctional family, amazing author is similar to fav. Lionel Shriver "

" I liked the way the book proceeded, but I was hoping for a better change of events an an interesting ending "

" Entertaining enough, but this was a character novel without a character I could identify with or care much about. I was also disappointed with the tacked on ending, which was entirely inconsistent with rest of the novel, but sadly, I didn't care that much. "

" I found this book terribly depressing. All the characters seemed so crude and pathetic to me. "

" Loved this novel about a dysfunctional family. "

" Self-conscious writing. Inauthentic, unbelievable dialogue. Poorly crafted characters and storylines. Heller tries so hard to impress with her cleverness, but ends up with ordinary, poorly edited, boring characters. "

" Despicable characters! It's unusual to not find ONE character to like in a book full of family members, but, there you have it. That being said, I flew through it in two sittings. Like a train wreck, I couldn't look away. "

" only read 78% so far. liked it to start with but now finding the characters esp. Audrey very one dimensional. finished it - didn't get any better "

" Really funny. The parts about Judaism ring pretty true. Characters are larger than life and I liked them. "

" I was surprised by how much I liked this book and by how much I liked and hated some of the characters. "

" Loved this book - definitely a slight liberal bent, though. "