The Mermaid Chair Audiobook

" Loved this book. Short chapters and loved her writing. She also had some challenging vocabulary words which I loved! Awesome read :) "

" not nearly as good as The Secret Life of Bees "

" I really enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees and looked forward to The Mermaid Chair. What a disappointment. Nothing much about this story worked for me. I didn't like the writing, nor did I care for the characters. The word contrived comes to mind when thinking about the story, the ending in particular. A pathetic follow up to Bees. "

" Well written and entertaining. Read it on the beach on vacation. "

" Wow. What a journey. "

" A little slow-moving and a theme that's been done many times before. "

" Didn't love this one nearly as much as Bees. "

" I honestly expected more from this authoer, as I thought she did a great job with 'The Secret Life of Bees.' I felt like this was more of a 'beach read,' but it was still an enjoyable book. "

" I love the author's use of language and she writes beautifully. I just couldn't love this story. I loved the women of the island and would much have preferred their story to the one being told. "

" Disappointing after Secret Life of Bees! Choppy. "

" Like "The Secret Lives of Bees" in the powerful relationships between women and description of place. A good summer romance, but it didn't transcend that genre for me. "

" A very good story of facing one's past in order to fully live in the present. "

" Great story, I liked the spiritual/psychological/physical aspects! "

" Was annoyed at all the uneccessary drama, but still unable to put book down. "

" I think I liked this much better than a lot of people. I enjoy this author and enjoyed the plot (though it started slow). "

" Interesting story, but nowhere as good as The Secret Life of Bees. I like her writing style and characters, easy read. "

" The Mermaid Chair improved as it went along and I enjoyed the way the truth was revealed and liked the character of Nelle. The questions for reading group discussions in my copy added a depth to the tale but I found a lot of it quite unbelieveable. Definitely a holiday/beach read. "

" I usually like Sue Monk Kidd books but I didn't like the premise of this one. A middle aged woman who leaves her husband to care for her mentally unstable mother only to have an affair with a monk. Rather far fetched, don't you think? "

" Not as good as Secret Life of Bees "

" I was severely disappointed in what could have been a great story if the characters, plot, well, frankly everything, had been more completely thought out and developed so that the reader could buy in to the story. I kept reading hoping for a revelation, a spark...but nothing. "

" Awful! I loved The Secret Lives of Bees, so I thought I would like this. The story was implausible (she falls in love with a monk?!) and predictable and I thought the main character was selfish and whiny. "

" Nicely written, well constructed etc but rather dull. "

" I was in Italy when I read my first novel by Sue Monk Kidd. It was nice to get a bit of home from this love story set in my home-state of South Carolina. The mixture of Southern Catholic traditions and folklore added an appealing dimension to the plot. "

" It took me a few chapters to get hooked into the story but then I read the second half in one go! It was a very poignant story which brang tears to my eyes. "

" Really enjoyed the author's descriptions of this book's setting: the Carolina barrier islands that I explored a little bit last summer. Also learned a bit more about the Gullah culture. The story line was a little predictable,though. "

" Did she really have to have an affair to find herself? "

" An excellent read. Makes me think of home and all... "

" I really liked and enjoyed this book "

" Great Book! Good story, although I wasn't a fan of the affair. I couldn't put it down. "