Adultery

A novel

By: Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa - translator, Zoë Perry - translator

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

I want to change. I need to change. I'm gradually losing touch with myself.

Adultery, the provocative new novel by Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, explores the question of what it means to live life fully and happily, finding the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new.

Critic reviews

"Propulsive.... A compelling tale of existential angst, marital betrayal and sexual sin." --The Chicago Tribune

Boring, describes 30 year olds as people in their 50s with midlife crisis

The voice sounds like a person in their 50s, then we figure out most of the characters are in their 30s and in deep midlife crisis. One of the worst books by Paolo Coelho in my opinion.

Not so good...

Would you try another book from the authors and/or Susan Denaker?

I would try another book from Paulo Coelho but not the narrator.

What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?

It was such a boring story, it just felt so dramatic all the time.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator doesn't not help. She's over dramatic even when she's talking about non-dramatic topics.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Nope.

Any additional comments?

The story was just flat, boring and very disappointing to be honest. I love Paulo Coelho and I have read most of his books, but this one is definitely not one of his best ones. The narrator was extremely dramatic all the time. I kept waiting for the book to get better but it never did.

Mixed feelings!

I definitely enjoyed the eloquence and complexity of the writing along with the superb quality of the narrator! The main character however seemed like she should be at a mile stone 20 years later not in her 30s. She came across to me whining, long to listen! However parts of the book are gems, so it’s worth a read but not in my favorite pile!

Boring at times

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not really, it's little bit boring and not much happens.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator's voice sounds way older than the female character's. That makes the character seem lot older and more serious and boring.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Probably not.

Voice sounded soo sad, perfect life but bored out of her mind

I heard about half of the book before I decided to stop torturing myself just to finish it and came to the conclusion that maybe I was not in the target audience because I couldn’t relate at all, the protagonist was in a depression, she couldn’t find anything to make her happy but she was also living in a life without struggles; rich, nice husband, good job, good kids