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Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest audiobook, nine perfect strangers are about to find out...

Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.

Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer—or should she run while she still can?

It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.

Combining all of the hallmarks that have made her audiobooks a go-to for any listener looking for wickedly smart, unpausable fiction that will make you laugh and gasp, Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft.

Reviewer: Rachel McElhany
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nine Perfect Strangers
Review: Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors. I waited very impatiently for Nine Perfect Strangers. I even tried to order it from Amazon Australia because it came out in October there. No dice.I am happy to report that it was worth the wait! Nine Perfect Strangers is about nine very different people who are thrown together for a week long retreat at Tranquillum House, a health spa run by the somewhat out there Masha. The longer the week goes on, the weirder Masha and what she wants the spa guests to do get.Every person at the spa has a secret that is the reason behind why they came to the spa. Moriarty uses her standard method of beginning in the middle of the story. The book starts as the guests are arriving on the first day and she goes back and forth, slowly revealing what the guests’ backgrounds are and what they are hiding.I don’t mind that most of Moriarty’s books follow the same basic structure because she does it so well. She is excellent at building suspense and adding twists. My only quibble with this book is that the ending felt a bit rushed. Everything is wrapped up nicely though, with no loose ends, which I appreciated.I’m so glad that Liane Moriarty consistently releases books every year or two so I won’t have to wait eons for her next one. In the meantime, I’m looking forward to the second season of Big Little Lies, which is supposed to premiere sometime this summer.

Reviewer: Ladybug
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Quirky and entertaining book. Not as good as Big Little Lies.
Review: Nine people check into a deluxe health resort and spa for various personal reasons. They are promised dramatic results by the resort’s owner, but no one anticipates the morally-questionable things they’ll have to do in order to achieve them. Buckle up, y’all, it’s about to get weird…Our cast of characters:* Frances, a (dare we say, washed up?) former bestselling romance novelist, is feeling frantic and perhaps just slightly too dependent on her daily allotment of wine and chocolate.* Ben and Jessica are a married couple who can’t quite seem to connect after winning a significant sum of money.* Napoleon and Heather, along with their daughter Zoe, are trying to deal with overwhelming grief after a devastating loss.* Carmel is obsessed with her weight after her husband dumped her for a woman half her age.* Tony is a man’s man who’s in a rut. He fully acknowledges that he needs some help—but he’s not exactly thrilled to be at such a frou frou resort.* Lars is a playboy. Also a wellness junkie. He does what he can to keep his body beautiful. You’re welcome.The resort is run by Masha, an eccentric and luminous Eastern European woman who had a wake-up call to wellness in her former life as a business executive. She literally died from a heart attack at her desk and was resuscitated back to life. One of her senior resort assistants, Yao, is the paramedic who brought her back.If this seems like a lot of characters to keep straight, well, it is. Author Liane Moriarty takes pains to develop each of their stories, and it’s a lot of info to absorb. But it’s doable.Each of the characters is unique and appealing in their own way, though not all are created equal. Frances is supposed to be our anchor, our main, and though I warmed up to her over time, she still annoyed me. I wasn’t impressed with almost all of the male characters either. I kept feeling like I was watching them through frosted glass, never fully getting to know them or understand their true motivations—they were mysteries even to themselves. The only exception was Yao. His backstory (and his weird little obsession with Masha) intrigued me.By far, the strongest characters in the book are Heather and Zoe, the grieving mother and daughter—which I guess should come as no surprise. Creating believable and lovable, yet troubled and mysterious female characters is where Moriarty excels. Big Little Lies is the perfect example of that.I had so much hope and expectation for Nine Perfect Strangers. After Big Little Lies, I think we all did. I wouldn’t say that this book is a total disappointment, but it wasn’t all it could have been either. Too many characters and such an outlandish plot meant that the story didn’t hit as deeply as I wanted it to. The book is quirky, fun, and entertaining, yes, but it left me feeling dissatisfied and wanting more. Oh well. I’m still excited for the next one.

Reviewer: Susan M. Baumann
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Engaging and Equally Peculiar
Review: The book starts wonderfully. The reader is given a glimpse into the complicated lives of nine interesting strangers as they embark on a 10-day spa retreat. Rich character development, smooth dialogue and steady intrigue are all the requisite ingredients for a signature story told with Moriarty’s deft touch and considerable talent. All of Moriarty’s skills are on display in the first half of the book, with the exception of one discordant note. The character of Frances, a romance novelist, remarks about the extraordinary attractiveness of one of the spa attendees in this way, “He was too good-looking even to be the tall, dark, and handsome hero in one of her books. The only way it would work would be if she put him in a wheelchair. He’d look great in a wheelchair. Honestly, she could probably get away with removing both his legs and he could still play the lead.”Wait. What?Admittedly, this is something that the character of Frances muses about, not Moriarty. Presumably, it is meant to be an amusing, flippant throwaway line from a light-hearted, clueless character. Nonetheless, the remark stunned me. It’s insensitive at best, bordering on plain crass. The statement implies that the way to diminish the physical appeal of someone would be to put him in a wheelchair. Frances then backtracks by saying the man would look “great” in a wheelchair, but the further reference to “leg removal” does nothing to correct the already awkward and inappropriate verbiage, and only further compounds the offensive paragraph. It sounds as though Frances is trying to beoddly complimentary in a backhanded sort of way, but the exchange just doesn’t work. This passage just doesn’t belong in the book.That being said, the second half of the book also takes a peculiar and disturbing turn that disrupts the tone and flow of the entire narrative. Strange events appear abruptly in the story, and it suddenly feels that the book has veered into uncharted, unappealing territory. Likely, these events were intended as “necessary” catalysts, so that all of the characters could reach their own personal epiphanies at roughly the same time. Shortly thereafter, the book returns to Moriarty’s warm, relatable style, the bizarre occurrences are glossed over and everything is tied up with some happy endings and “feel-good” messages. The end result is akin to reading two distinctly different books. There is the warm, wise, witty and engaging first portion, minus the odd, random disability slur, and then the second section ventures into the proverbial Twilight Zone. I usually love Moriarty’s books and often pre-order them with eager anticipation, but this one disappointed me.

Reviewer: Leah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I've never read anything by this author before; I read this book over the course of a few days, and honestly I found it delightful. It was light and easy to read, yet meaningful and surprisingly deep. The characters were incredibly well developed. Loved it!

Reviewer: Placeholder
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nine Perfect Strangers truly deserves its status as a best seller. The author's simple yet engaging writing style makes it accessible to readers of all levels. The storyline effortlessly combines intrigue and grip, making it a compelling read. The author's talent shines through, earning this book a solid 5-star rating. I'm eagerly anticipating diving into the author's other works after being thoroughly impressed by this one.

Reviewer: Irina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Eine spannende Geschichte bis zum Schluss.

Reviewer: luckylulu
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A great bunch of people, all very different from one another... Funny and quite stressful too. Great novel! Can’t wait to watch the movie...

Reviewer: Karrie
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book was easy to read, it was entertaining, although a bit predictable. I liked the characters, although Jessica is very stereotyped, she could have been made a bit deeper and more interesting. It was a nice, easy read.