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The Hypnotist's Love Story
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The Hypnotist's Love Story
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The Hypnotist's Love Story

Written by Liane Moriarty

Narrated by Tamara Lovatt Smith

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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From the author of critically acclaimed What Alice Forgot comes a wonderfully fun, insightful novel about the crazy things we do for love.Ellen O'Farrell is a bit unusual. She's a hypnotherapist. She's never met her father. And she can't seem to keep a relationship going (okay, that's more normal that we want to admit). When Ellen meets Patrick, she's hopeful nevertheless. But when he says he needs to tell her something, she fears the worst. However, when Patrick reveals that his ex-girlfriend is stalking him, Ellen thinks, Is that all? Actually, that's kind of neat. She's more intrigued than frightened. What makes a supposedly smart, professional woman behave this way? She'd love to meet her. What she doesn't know is that she already has.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 14, 2012
ISBN9781101564486
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The Hypnotist's Love Story
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Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, The Husband’s Secret, and Truly Madly Guilty; the New York Times bestsellers Nine Perfect Strangers, What Alice Forgot, and The Last Anniversary; The Hypnotist’s Love Story; and Three Wishes. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two children.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    These characters jumped off the page with their fumblings and their flaws. The day-to-day life of the hypnotist brought in this wild cast of characters.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoy these books. Quick, satisfying read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What is with me and reading books I've already read. I didn't realize I had read this book until I was 70% done. It was a good read for a second time but I try not to read a book twice as there are SO many books out there I want to read. But this one is good. It has a little bit of creepiness to it with a stalker who is a perfectly okay person but gets so obsessed and can't stop. Makes you wonder what causes people to become stalkers, why they can't let go of something so that it becomes an obsession and if you could ever become a stalker. It is a good read and I enjoy Liane's books. A good summer read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Not for me. Very unrealistic and silly
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I am a big fan of Liane Moriarty but this book was not my favorite. I love her writing because her books always have the air of suspense and the feeling that the story is building to some reveal. In the 480 pages of this book there was not a single big reveal or even a major event worth noting seemed to occur. This was odd because the tone has an ominous feel to it at times that suggests something big is going to happen. It was a very slow and by the end of it, I didn't feel like the time I committed to this story paid off. I was disappointed because I was expecting a twist or a big reveal that never happened. If you are expecting a light, easy read that's more of a character study than her other works then maybe you would enjoy this book more than I did, but for me, Moriarty's best works are Husband's Secret and Big Little Lies.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not my favourite Moriarty novel. She's great, as usual, on writing strong characters, but this lacks a convincing plot. There aren't any real plot twists or surprises: just a few bends and curves. I found it overly long.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Audible audio performed by Tamara Lovatt Smith Ellen O’Farrell works out of her home as a professional hypnotherapist. She likes her life, except for a failed romance. She’s moved on but would welcome another shot at a long-term relationship. Then she meets Patrick. They hit it off and things are going well when he spouts the dreaded “We need to talk.” Turns out Patrick has an ex-girlfriend who is stalking him.What an interesting and fresh take on relationships and the psychology of love. What makes us attracted to one another? What holds us together? What happens when one partner moves on, but the other hangs on – desperately, crazily, dangerously? The relationships between these three people – Patrick, Ellen and Saskia (the ex-girlfriend) – are complicated by misinterpretation, jumping to conclusions, and secrets kept from one another. They are all broken in some way, and all trying to come to grips with past and current relationships. And it will take a significant crisis to finally bring some sense of resolution, however tenuous.Tamara Lovatt Smith does a fine job narrating the audiobook. However, Moriarty switches point of view between the two women. In the text it’s a little easier to tell when she switches. One character’s perspective is always written in first person, the other in third person narrative. However, there is much dialogue in which a character would naturally speak in first person. (e.g. “I went to the store.”) While this is easy to discern on the printed page, it’s less obvious when listening. Not the narrator’s fault at all, but it still adversely affected the audio experience. I would probably have rated this higher if I had read the text rather than listened.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Best for: Someone who wants a quick read with some interesting explorations of loss.In a nutshell: Ellen (they hypnotist) has just started a relationship with Patrick. Patrick’s wife died seven years ago, when their son was only a year old. Saskia was Patrick’s first relationship after his wife died, and after they broke up, Saskia began to stalk Patrick. It continues.Line that sticks with me: “You weren’t meant to admit, even to yourself, how badly you wanted love. The man was meant to be the icing, not the cake.”Why I chose it: I’d downloaded it during my Liane Moriarty phase two years ago but never got around to reading it. But I was just on a cruise, so it was perfect.Review: This book reminds me a bit of “What Alice Forgot” in that it doesn’t quite follow what I now consider the Liane Moriarty formula: two or three interweaving story lines told out of order with a great mystery revealed. This has elements of it, but felt fresh to me.I enjoyed the storytelling and the elements of mystery - some characters pop up unexpectedly - but the main plot felt a bit deeper than one might expect from a beach read (which is where I think her books often end up). Saskia is a stalker, and in general I wouldn’t be interested in their perspective. And she is not made out to be any sort of victim, but as the story progresses, I think we start to recognize that her motivation is more complicated. But that said … if the genders were reversed, I’m not sure if I would feel as much empathy for Saskia as I found myself feeling. And regardless of the amount, is it odd to feel any at all?The book also looks at how we view losses differently when it comes to an unwanted break-up versus a death. We all carry bits of previous relationships, but when someone leaves us through death, they can become canonized. And the next person who dates the one left behind is there because the previous person isn’t. How do you handle that? How long ‘should’ one grieve a death? And is there a particular reason why we allow for more grief over a death than over the end of a long-term relationship? Is it reasonable to expect someone to get over being left in a few weeks when they thought they had a life with someone? And how can their grief be directed in a healthy way. Moreover, how does it all change when there are kids involved?I enjoyed this book a lot. The ending was satisfying to me, although I could have seen it ending differently and also being enjoyable.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Story just meanders slowly. Nothing much to get excited about. This is always the hard part about finding a new author that you love and going back to read their earlier stuff. Often, it's just like the rest of us, we weren't that good in the beginning.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Really enjoyed this one. I learned a lot about hypnotherapy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another great book by Liane Moriarty! I struggled a bit to get into the characters in this book. To be honest, I really hated Ellen and Patrick for a large chunk of the book. Despite my struggles, I found the book engaging and interesting.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An interesting story with a few twists a long the way. Her writing style is easy to read and there are always a few laughs a long the way.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    So, you already know I love Liane Moriarty. This book is no exception. Although, perhaps not her best. Ellen is a single hypnotherapist who lives and works in the home she inherited from her grandparents. The story is told in alternating threads by Ellen, and by Deborah/Saskia, who is Ellen's boyfriend's stalker (and also Ellen's client). Got that? There are several smaller, parallel plot lines: Ellen's mother, who never married. Colleen (whom we come to know via flashbacks and memories), the deceased wife of Patrick, Ellen's boyfriend. We even "meet" some of Ellen's prior love interests, in her memories, and things others say about them. As you can imagine, the stalker angle makes things pretty interesting. But the best part is Ellen, who is so "smart" about so many things, learning a lot about life, love, and relationships, from observing those around her. And yes, she makes some mistakes, but like most of Moriarty's books, she finds a happy ending.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It was a good story. A nice beach read.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    A rather long and quite boring read. Love her writing but if I had read this one first I think I would not be a fan.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Enjoyed this non-ordinary romance very much. Entertaining from the first page!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Something wrong with audio. Please fix it. Thank you.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book. Very well written. Ms. Moriarty has the ability to make you feel empathy for the antagonist in the most surprising ways. Looking forward to reading more from her.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good reader. Nice story. Good ending I liked it a lot
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    great book that shows the different perspectives of the characters
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Liane's books are so amazingly interesting, that i listened to all of them in one breath. Great author. Looking forward eagerly for the next one!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a great read. I would suggest this book to anyone who has been in a relationship that ended abruptly and got left with a bunch of things unsaid.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This author has a history of excellent story telling. I have thoroughly enjoyed each of her books I have read. This story follows a different format than I have become used to from Liane. Still this is a well written and interesting story. The audio on this story sounds a little off, maybe partly muffled. It was distracting at first but I got used to it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Eh, just okay. My least favorite by this author. I was checking to see how much time was left so that I could listen to something else about 3/4 of the way through the book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Well I kept waiting on something spectacular to happen. The story was interesting and I actually felt sorry for he stalker. But a better ending could have been... like giving her a happy ending too...
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Interesting read and a calming voice, but it's a lot of talk about nothing at times. It easily could have been an hour or two shorter.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I found it difficult to differentiate at times between the two main characters dialogue. Somewhat unbelievable at times, predictable and fell flat.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Liane has quickly become a favorite author. The depth she puts into developing all of her characters, the little twists and unexpected turns the plot takes, all keep me sucked in.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved it
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Moriarty knows and writes women like nobody else. I think that is the biggest reason why I am so drawn to her books - I am able to identify with her characters (some more some less, but still each and every one of them). Her characters think exact thoughts that fly through my head, they do things that I've done or at least thought of doing - sometimes I have to stop and think " hey, is this character - me?".Maybe it's the age thing, maybe since I'm getting older I like to read about women who are older and to see how they navigate their life. “Breathe in. She didn’t give a fig what other people thought! Breathe out. Rubbish. She gave a whole fig tree.”I was able to identify with Ellen on a whole other level, as she seems to have many traits that I have as well. And when Patrick drove her crazy with his boxes of rubbish and stuff just laying around in her clean hallway - I honestly felt twitchy as if I had boxes in my hallway. Ohhh, to be OCD and have a book understand you - there's no better feeling. The plot itself was very bizarre and "out-of-the-movie-screen" at times, but I just couldn't stop reading. I needed to know what will happen next. I just needed to be in the lives of those women. Man, now I sound like another character from this book - see, relatable! I know this book is not nearly as popular as Moriarty's other books, but I really enjoyed it and I would really recommend it to fans of women fiction such as What Alice Forgot by Moriarty or Eleanor Oliphant is completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.