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The Perfect Passion Company
- Narrated by: Amy Alexander
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
The Perfect Passion Dating Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in Edinburgh's New Town is run by Katie Donald who has an innate instinct for bringing people together. She has developed a skill for finding out what it is that people really want. Along the way, Katie learns profound lessons about her own desires as she works at better understanding others. Although Katie has little in the way of direct experience, with the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbour William Kidd, she soon finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts tired of meeting online – and who want a more personal touch.
For fans of Alexander McCall Smith's many beloved series and romantic standalone novels, The Perfect Passion Company shows him at his most perceptive, playful, and generous. In the way that only McCall Smith can, this novel offers a glimpse inside the psychology of matchmaking, the search for love and companionship, and the mysterious spark of attraction that can, at times, catch hold of us all.
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- S
- 27-04-24
Annoying voice
The voice is expressive and animated, but overly so, making each character sound false and over the top. Simple sentences are delivered with too much dramatic panache, so that the dramatic sentences do not stand out. I personally prefer more reticence and a more balanced, authentic tone.
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- John Woods
- 31-07-24
Get a different reader!!
I was looking forward to this very much as I have always enjoyed the authors other books. I persevered to the end of the book but the reading of the book/various accents ( some quite awful) took much of the pleasure away. I would rather hear the author just read the story to me in one accent only. I will probably buy the subsequent novels in this series in the conventional form.
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- smcc
- 21-09-24
Very disappointing
Alexander McCall Smith is one of my favourite authors, and I have enjoyed reading and listening to a great many of his books. Unfortunately, I bought this book in audible format, without having previously read the book, and found the narration so irritating and over dramatic at times, that it detracted from my pleasure in the story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-03-24
Enjoyable plot and subplots
A good story set in historic Edinburgh. The subplots about individual clients of the company were the most satisfying elements of the story.
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- P. Roberts
- 16-04-24
Love makes the world go around
A gentle story, highly observational on human behaviours. It is reassuring and confirms that for the most part, we are all looking for love or companionship.
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