Why Did I Listen To Seven Days Of Us by Francesca Hornak?
Honestly, I got a move on listening to Seven Days Of Us by Francesca Hornak because my library hold on Overdrive came in unexpectedly fast. The less shallow reason, though, is that I wanted to listen to something a bit out of the ordinary for me. I rarely listen to British books. Also, it is not all that commonplace that I read adult fiction (although I seem to be gravitating toward it lately).
What’s The Story Here?
Seven Days Of Us by Francesca Hornak is a Christmas set book where a family must stay together in a house in quarantine for seven days. The house is Weyfield Hall. The family is the Birch family. There are the aging parents, Emma and Andrew. We also have their daughters, Phoebe and Olivia. There’s also Phoebe’s fiance. Oh and this American shows up at one point, his name is Jesse.
There are secrets that are just bound to come out. I am here for it. Anyways, they are quarantined because Olivia, who is a doctor, was in Liberia helping to treat this disease called Haag Virus. A whole lot is revealed in these seven days, FYI.
How Did I Like Seven Days Of Us?
Overall, Francesca Hornak’s Seven Days Of Us is an okay book. The characters are quite well drawn. I loved reading about the characters of Emma and Olivia. Andrew, Phoebe, and Jesse were just not that interesting to me. Olivia probably is the most compelling because of her work and her secret! And then Emma’s secret is one where it is like, ma’am how can you keep that from your family? But she does because she cares and does not want them to worry because she’s the best. I also kept picturing that one woman from Love Actually who plays opposite Professor Snape as Emma.
How’s The Narration?
The audiobook is narrated by Jilly Bond. She has the right accent. She also does change her voice for each character’s narrations. I felt like she spoke really fast so instead of listening to the audiobook at my typically 2x speed, I had to slow it down to like 1.25. That is a big deal, friends. In all, not bad. I guess I am lukewarm about this book on the whole.
Other reviews of Seven Days Of Us by Francesca Hornak:
- Caffeinated Reviewer – “delivered an entertaining read“
- Diary Of An Eccentric -“would recommend it for readers who like stories about family secrets“
- This Is My Truth Now – “excels at creating distinct family members with believable characteristics“
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I have to adjust my narration speed based on the narrator, which is fine..unless it’s a dual narration and one talks faster..oh my! I agree this was ok, I had likes and dislikes and there were some over the top moments. Nice review.
Sounds like a really good concept, but sorry that it didn’t seem to live up to expectations.