Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Just Like You
- Narrated by: Ben Bailey Smith, Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.00 for first 30 days
Just Like You
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
The person you are with is just like you: same background, same age, same interests. The perfect match. And it is an unmitigated disaster.
Then, when and where you least expect it, you meet someone new. You seem to have nothing in common and yet, somehow, it feels totally right.
Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed, tender but also brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who is not just like you at all.
What listeners say about Just Like You
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- diana lowe
- 20-08-21
Great story.
I really enjoyed listening to this story because it dealt with current issues in an interesting way.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Lucy A.
- 29-01-23
Brexit heavy
Shame that Brexit featured so heavily in it as I liked the love story. The performances were great.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mark
- 10-03-22
Easy Listening
All the reviews have said it all. It's fixed in time around Brexit but that's not a major distraction from the important issues of human relations and surmounting the challenges of the expectations, attitudes and judgements of others. Be yourself and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Simples. If only...
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Janacee Sathaye
- 02-07-23
Loved this book
For me it was Nick Hornby as I expected, loved the performance as well as the story
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Christopher Dickinson
- 02-12-20
classic Nick Hornby
excellent, will make you laugh and cry. the book to me is like a warm familiar hug
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 14-08-22
Not funny, not interesting
Nicly performed but about very normal people and there romans. It was so boring that I didnt finished it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jill C
- 25-06-22
gentle read
in general I enjoyed this book but it was a gentle bed time read rather than a page turner. what was outstanding was the narration. it was brilliant and I could see Joseph and Lucy in my head. perfect.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ms
- 10-10-20
Stronger together
Loverly gentle read. Laughed out loud. I cringed when I recognise myself. The story and characters helped me to get over that embarrassment as they did there’s. Uplifting relaxing thought provoking. Expect this to be a film one day.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Ale Kell
- 19-05-24
Easy listen but not 100% about the storyline
I generally love Nick Hornby books, but this didn’t grab me in the same way, I thought the story line was a bit weak, but an easy and pleasant listen no matter. Very well performed.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- papapownall
- 23-09-20
Latest Nick Hornby novel is up with his best work
In a recent interview Nick Hornby lamented the fact the 80% of readers of novels are women but his books Fever Pitch (football), High Fidelity (music), About of Boy (coming of age) are mostly read by men. His latest novel, Just Like You is a kind of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner for the 21st century and covers the themes of age gap relationships, race and class.
Possibly most uncomfortable and controversial of all, the novel is set in 2016 in the midst of the UK Brexit referendum with its associated tribe like mentality and accusations of lies, fear, stupidity and racism. This is a heart warming story of the complications of modern life and how love always wins in the end. Excellent as always from Nick Hornby and this is a story that would appeal to anyone. 5 stars.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful