Books Spanning a Character’s Lifetime
By: Angela & Melissa
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As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, we may earn a referral fee from qualifying purchases.Whether you’re participating in our Lifetime of Reading Challenge or you’ve found this booklist looking for novels that span decades of a protagonist’s life, we know you’ll find your next great read below. Our list of recommended books spanning a character’s lifetime includes a wide variety of fiction titles as well as some excellent memoirs.
Books help us appreciate all of life’s different phases, but there’s also a lot to learn by seeing how someone, real or fictional, develops over time as they are shaped by their personal experiences and the changing world around them.
The titles on this booklist feature both female and male protagonists who vary in race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, class, background, ability/disability, lifestyle, and more. We also have numerous novels that follow one character for many years on our list of Books that Span Decades and Books that Span Multiple Continents.
Characters Aging Throughout a Book: Novels That Span a Lifetime
The Bright Years
Book Summary
Ryan and Lillian Bright were deeply in love when they married and became parents to baby Georgette. But they were also keeping secrets from one another. As the years pass, Georgette comes of age, watching the highs and lows of her parents’ marriage and becoming best friends with the boy next door.
Later, after a shocking blow tears the family apart, teenager Georgette tries to distance herself from reminders of her parents. But an unexpected email changes what she thought she knew about her mom’s past. Ultimately, she’ll have to decide what she wants to do with this information and how she should move forward in her life.
As you follow the Bright family history from the 1970s to 2019, there are a few flashbacks in the early chapters, but the majority of the book is a linear timeline. The years are clearly denoted for each chapter. Instead of one character narrating the whole book or alternating narrators, you’ll find that the first half of the book is told from Lillian’s perspective before her daughter takes over for the next 40%. One final narrator then tells the last 10% of the story.
What to Know Before Reading
While this novel covers nearly fifty years of a family’s story, it’s a very quick read at 271 pages. Melissa read it in one afternoon because once she started, she couldn’t put it down.
She agrees with the long list of readers praising this debut author, who is also a Harvard-educated social worker, for creating compelling and realistically flawed characters that you will really come to care about.
Several difficult topics are covered, so please check trigger warnings if needed. Melissa picked it up, not remembering much more about the book than that several people had told her it was their favorite of the year. Because of that, her jaw dropped at several points, and she recommends going in not knowing more than we’ve told you, if possible.
While this is, without a doubt, a tear-jerker and a gut-puncher at times, the author also brings back hope through lighter moments and character growth. That balance keeps it from feeling like a dark book, even as the family faces some very tough seasons.
Frankie
Book Summary
At 84, Frankie lives in a small flat in London, which is crammed full of art, furniture, and memories. Her new carer, Damien, listens to stories of her life spanning from 1950s post-war Ireland to the New York art & theater scene in the 1960s-80s and through to her final years in London.
Damian is fascinated by Frankie’s history, which was set on a new course after she was orphaned at age 11. After that, she married twice, worked for a literary agent, and struggled as an artist before her career moved into the restaurant scene. As a young gay man himself, Damian is especially immersed in Frankie’s time in New York during the devastating AIDS crisis.
About the Author
Graham Norton is an Irish author, broadcaster, and comedian best known in the U.S. for hosting the BAFTA-winning The Graham Norton Show in the U.K., where he interviews Hollywood’s biggest stars with trademark wit. Born in County Cork, he has also built a second career as a novelist, writing character-driven stories set in Ireland that explore family secrets, belonging, and identity. His earlier novels, including Holding and A Keeper, were bestsellers.
Things Past Telling
Book Summary
Maryam was born in West Africa in the mid-eighteenth century and defied all odds to live for more than 100 years. When she is eleven, she makes the treacherous Atlantic crossing, which includes her ship being taken by a pirate. Despite eventually being captured and enslaved, she is able to learn midwifery from a Caribbean woman. Her much-needed skills allow her to briefly cross the racial and class barriers of her enslavement.
As the decades of her life pass and she experiences incredible highs and lows, Maryam, also known as “Momma Grace,” never loses her sense of self.
Background of the Novel
The character of Maryam is inspired by a 112-year-old woman the author discovered while looking at the 1870 census for Ohio. She loosely based this book on the author’s real female ancestors.
Homeseeking
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
100% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Suchi was only 7 years old when she first met Haiwen in Shanghai. She was drawn to the sounds of his violin, and their friendship developed into a deep love. But when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, Suchi was left behind with nothing more than his violin and a note begging for her forgiveness.
Sixty years later, they see each other for the first time thanks to a chance encounter at an Asian supermarket in Los Angeles. Recently widowed Haiwen hopes it might be a second chance for him and Suchi, but she has survived the intervening decades by refusing to look back.
This novel follows Suchi and Haiwen through the six decades they were separated. Through alternating viewpoints, Suchi’s story is told from her childhood to the present, while Haiwen’s story is traced in reverse. From Chinese war and famine to the song halls of Hong Kong, from military encampments in Taiwan to the busy streets of NYC, and to sunny California, where they are finally reunited.
This epic, character-driven novel illustrates the different ways that people learn to survive through a lifetime of difficult decisions. Haiwen holds his memories close, while Suchi forces herself only ever to look forward.
More About This Novel
This novel incorporates various languages, and the characters are referred to by different names and at different times in their lives. While this initially seemed like it would get very confusing, it was done in such a way that Book Girl Angela was able to keep track of the characters even while listening to the audiobook.
Angela especially enjoyed the non-linear structure where one story is being told forward, and the other in reverse. From the first moment that they saw each other at the supermarket in Los Angeles late in their lives, she needed to know their backstory. Along the way, Angela learned so much more about the Chinese Civil War.
The Heart of Winter
Book Summary
Back in college, Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke went on a terrible blind date. Against all odds, that date led to a seven-decade-long marriage. Together, the two built a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island, where they raised children, fell in and out of lockstep, and endured losses. Through it all, they forged a dependable partnership.
Now Ruth is 87, and the life they’ve created together is beginning to fall apart as her health fails. As she struggles with the loss of her independence, Abe wants nothing more than to take care of her. But their adult children are unconvinced of his ability to do so and encourage their parents to sell the farm.
A Bit More About The Heart of Winter
This character-driven novel provides readers with a look at how Abe and Ruth face their present circumstances, and there are also extensive flashbacks over the last 70 years, from the time they met in the 1950s and through impactful moments in their lives. It is described as a “bighearted and profound portrait of a marriage.”
The Lion Women of Tehran
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
100% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
In 1950s Tehran, Ellie lives a privileged life. However, her whole world changes when her father unexpectedly passes away, and she and her mother must move to a tiny home downtown.
On her first day at her new school, Ellie meets Homa, a kind, brave, and passionate girl who becomes her best friend. They spend all their time together learning to cook, playing games, and wandering the Grand Bazaar.
But then Ellie’s life flips again when she’s given a chance to return to her privileged life and attend the best girls’ high school in Iran. Over time, her thoughts of Homa fade, and she embraces her bourgeois life. When Homa suddenly reappears, the course of both of their lives is changed forever. The rising political turmoil in the country complicates things even further.
About the Book
This highly-rated novel from the author of The Stationery Shop starts with a focus on the girls coming of age in the 1950s & 1960s Iran, but then follows the women through the present day.
All the Colors of the Dark
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
90% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
All the Colors of the Dark blends literary fiction, mystery, and romance as it follows the characters from their teen years in 1975 into adulthood.
In Mont Clare, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family, Misty, is targeted, an unlikely hero emerges in Patch, a local boy with one eye. He saves her, but the rescue leaves heartache in its wake.
Once close-knit, Mont Clare is changed forever. The trauma experienced by Patch, his friend Saint, and Misty shadows them for decades, driving choices you may not agree with and setting up twist after twist. The result is a sweeping, suspenseful story about love, loss, and the long reach of a single night.
What to Expect in This Book
This novel is character-driven and is longer than your average mystery at 608 pages. However, most readers say that the short paragraphs and chapters make the book feel faster-paced than you may expect.
Black Cake
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
96% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
This novel opens in present-day California shortly after Eleanor’s death. She has left behind a voice recording for her two adult children – Byron and Benny. She’s also left them a traditional Caribbean black cake that she tells them to share “when the time is right.”
Her children, it turns out, only know a small part of their mom’s life story. Posthumously, Eleanor is finally ready to share her truth so that Byron and Benny can truly know and understand their family history.
As the story unfolds, everything that her children thought they knew about their lineage and themselves will be rocked to the core, and by the time they finally share the black cake, another person will be joining them at the table.
Thoughts on This Book
Although Eleanor has already died when this novel begins, through her voice recordings, this novel traces the story of her life and shows how the choices she made over the years impacted not only her future but also those of everyone in her family.
Angela rated this book five stars and highly recommends the audiobook version because the accents really bring the story to life.
Black Cake has been adapted into a streaming television series on Hulu.
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
93% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Although this book is classified as historical fiction, it’s based on a larger-than-life real woman with an equally large heart. In her childhood, Marjorie worked on gluing cereal boxes together for her father, the creator of Grape-Nuts, followed by the successful Post cereal empire. His company led the family to extreme wealth, but Marjorie wasn’t content to sit at home as American royalty.
While entertaining the rich and famous was part of her life, she also wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. Her extraordinary life included everything from outrunning Nazis to serving the homeless during the Great Depression. She was also married four times and built impressive real estate along the way, including now-infamous Mar-a-Lago.
What to Expect in This Read
Because she was born in 1887 and lived through 1973, this book highlights key events in world history from that formative era. Everything is told chronologically from a first-person perspective, so you’ll quickly feel a part of Marjorie’s life. And you’ll undoubtedly recognize the many ways in which her life has touched your own through General Foods.
Some readers struggle with Marjorie’s extreme wealth and find her unrelatable, so while both Book Girls rated this highly, consider whether you’re in the mood to read this mostly true story.
The Red Address Book
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
100% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Throughout her life, Doris has documented the people she encounters in the same address book. Now, at 96 and living alone in Sweden, she begins looking back through the address book, especially at all those whom she has crossed out one by one as they die. In her bittersweet trip down memory lane, she reflects on those who entered her life for various reasons and seasons, each making a mark on who she would become.
Doris sets out to document her life, from working as a maid in Sweden, to modeling in Paris before escaping WWII, to searching for a lost love in Manhattan. By documenting her personal and family past, she hopes to help her only living relative, a grandniece named Jenny.
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
96% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Three friends – dubbed “The Supremes” by pals – have been meeting at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat diner in Plainview, Indiana, since their high school days in the tumultuous 1960s.
For more than four decades, they’ve been by each other’s side through life’s ups and downs, and the book follows their evolving friendships over the years. Now, Clarice struggles to keep up appearances as she deals with her husband’s humiliating infidelities. Barbara Jean is rocked by the tragic reverberations of a youthful love affair. And fearless Odette is about to embark on the most terrifying battle of her life.
Read This if You Enjoyed…
This book has been described as The Help meets Fried Green Tomatoes with a dash of Steel Magnolias.
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
91% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
This book is told in the form of a letter written by 100-year-old Violeta as she reflects back on her life and the tragedies she overcame. Violeta was born in 1920, as the world was trying to recover from World War I, and just as the Spanish Flu began to take hold in South America. But that won’t be the only pandemic she encounters during her long life.
From the Great Depression to the fight for women’s rights and from drug cartels to lovers, this fictional but raw book looks into all aspects of Violeta’s lifetime.
About the Author
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the “magic realism” tradition, is considered one of Latin America’s first successful women novelists. According to PBS, as of 2022, Allende is the world’s most widely-read living Spanish-language author.
While many around the world love her writing, it’s definitely literary, descriptive, and can be a bit slower-paced with deep themes.
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
95% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
In 1993, Mallory inherited a beach cottage in Nantucket and decided to embrace the unexpected gift and move to the island full-time. Shortly after, she hosts a bachelor party for her brother and meets his friend from college, Jake.
After things go wrong for other attendees, Mallory and Jake are left alone for the rest of the weekend. They have undeniable chemistry. After watching the classic movie, Same Time Next Year, they decide to continue getting together one weekend every summer, no matter what.
As the title suggests, the book spans 28 years of these secret meetings, one chapter per year from 1993-2020. You’ll keep the pages turning to find out how their lives change individually and together each year as Mallory and Jake go from college through career, love, and loss.
The chapters start with a fun recap of what was happening in the world each year, and you’ll be transported through time as their lives move forward.
More About This Book
This was a 5-star read for both of us, and our readers rated it their second favorite of all of Elin Hilderbrand’s popular beach reads. Be aware that this book does deal with infidelity.
Keep the Kleenex ready for the ending. Then, pick up the novella sequel, The Sixth Wedding. This 76-page follow-up takes place during the Labor Day weekend of 2023, providing answers to lingering questions about some of the main characters and wrapping up storylines for some of the secondary characters.
Another Book You May Enjoy
If you loved the yearly updates in 28 Summers, you may also like One Day by David Nicholls. On their graduation day in Edinburgh, July 15th, 1988, Emma and Dexter meet for the first time. Although they set out in different directions the next day, each chapter checks in on their friendship on July 15th each subsequent year for the next two decades.
Finding Dorothy
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
98% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
This historical fiction follows the life of Maud Baum, the wife of the author of The Wizard of Oz. She was raised by a suffragette mother in the late 1800s, attended college when it was rare for girls to be educated, and then met Frank. He was a big dreamer in a time when creativity was not praised as a career path.
The couple’s life was fascinating, even before he wrote The Wizard of Oz. Finding Dorothy switches between Maud’s earlier years and her quest in 1939 at age 77 to make sure the Wizard of Oz movie stayed true to the book. She becomes determined to protect the actress playing Dorothy, Judy Garland.
Why You Should Pick This Book
This is a 5-star read, whether or not you are a big fan of The Wizard of Oz; it’s very much Maud’s story and stands on its own from Frank’s.
Cutting for Stone
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
92% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, their mother dies in childbirth, and their father disappears, leaving the brothers orphaned.
The twins are adopted by two other surgeons from the hospital and come of age in Ethiopia on the brink of revolution, but it’s love rather than politics that comes between them.
After finishing med school, Marion flees to America to intern at an overcrowded and underfunded hospital in NYC. Eventually, the past catches up with Marion. He must turn to the two men he trusts least – his father and his brother.
About the Book & Author
This is an epic saga (nearly 600 pages of small font) and can feel slow at the start, but it’s one worth investing time in! It received 5-star ratings across the board from Angela’s in-person book club. A tip, though – keep your dictionary handy if you’re a little rusty on your Latin or anatomy.
The author, Abraham Verghese, was born and raised in Ethiopia, where he attended medical school before completing his residency and fellowships in America. He is now a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His medical expertise is apparent throughout the book. This makes this the perfect read for those who love hospital stories, but some readers may find the lengthy descriptions of surgical procedures a bit too drawn out.
Dearly Beloved
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
95% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
It’s 1963 in Greenwich Village when Charles, Lily, James, and Nan meet. Charles was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps – a history professor at Harvard – until a lecture about faith led him instead into ministry. James comes from a challenging Chicago family with an alcoholic father and an anxious mother. Charles and James cross paths when they are both hired to lead the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences make it challenging for them to work together.
Charles meets Lily, a fiercely intelligent woman who tells him she’ll never believe in God. Although they don’t make any sense together, he can’t help falling in love. James is drawn to Nan, who grew up in a devout Mississippi family as the daughter of a minister and a debutante. James is full of skepticism, and Nan’s constant faith helps to guide him.
The Dearly Beloved follows these two couples through many years of love, friendship, jealousy, and forgiveness. Together, these couples face life’s many challenges, from marriage and parenthood to death and grieving and everything in between. The novel explores faith, motherhood, women’s liberation, friendship, and even autism. You’ll initially be immersed in the early 1960s – a time caught between conservatism and revolution – and then, as the story progresses, you’ll see the four main characters set against the backdrop of major changes in New York City.
What to Expect in This Book
Readers say that although this book includes a philosophical exploration of faith, it is not a book about theology or religion. At its core, this is the story of four people and their lives, failures, struggles, and successes.
Another Book You May Enjoy
If you’re looking for another book that follows two couples throughout several decades of marriage, friendship, and life’s challenges – but without the religious undertones – we recommend Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. This book gets lower reviews, but Angela really enjoyed it and especially recommends it for theater lovers.
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
99% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Born with ocular albinism, Sam Hill is a young boy whose rare red eyes cause problems from the moment his mother enrolls him at the Our Lady of Mercy school.
Labeled “Hell Boy,” he is bullied not only by his classmates but also given a hard time by the nun who is the principal at his elementary school. Eventually, Sam finds the new best friend he desperately needs in Ernie Cantwell, the only African American boy in his class, and years later, in a fiercely individual girl named Mickie.
As an adult, Sam is a respected ophthalmologist moving through life with Ernie and Mickie still by his side. His world is about to be upturned when he’s unexpectedly reunited with the biggest schoolyard bully from his past.
Our Thoughts on This Book
We both rated this novel five stars and recommend it to everyone! Angela especially loved the audiobook version, narrated by the author himself.
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Book Summary
When the author of this memoir was 16, he went to get his driver’s license and was shocked to learn that he had been brought to the United States outside the legal channels. He came to the US from the Philippines at 12 and had no documentation from his home country.
Despite his rough start to life, Jose became a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. However, that journey came with many challenges, including the overwhelming feeling that he didn’t have a home. His memoir covers his first 25 years of highs and lows in America.
Read This Book If…
If you’re interested in a first-hand look at what it’s really like to be brought to America as a child, this is a great option that helps you understand the realities of modern immigration.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
96% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Evelyn Hugo lived a glamorous and scandalous life, but doesn’t like to talk about it and has become reclusive after leaving her career. When the movie icon is finally ready to talk about her time in show business, she picks an unknown reporter to log her personal history, but why?
You’ll slowly unwrap Evelyn’s life from the 1950s to the 1980s as she chronicles her past life and relationships, including the seven husbands she had along the way. As the book covers so much of her life, it moves quickly and will keep you engaged and entertained for hours.
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
91% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
While fleeing Russia in 1913, young Malka Treynovsky is determined to get her family to the United States – the land of opportunity and dreams. After arriving via Ellis Island, her visions of a better life are quickly tattered when the Lower East Side isn’t easy to survive as a Russian Jewish family.
Over the next 70 years, Malka transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, “The Ice Cream Queen.” She creates her own empire, and her story involves notable moments throughout American history.
While her public persona as the Ice Cream Queen seems endearing, it’s largely a facade for a more complex, less likable woman who was shaped by the challenges of her childhood.
Our Thoughts on This Book
Melissa loves stories that span a lifetime because you can see the evolution of characters and how past events impact decisions. This book is no exception. It also provides a realistic look at immigration in the 1910s and the daily life of new immigrants in Manhattan during that period.
However, go in knowing that Lillian isn’t intended to be a likable character throughout the book.
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
100% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Despite witnessing the absolute worst of humanity during seven years in concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Eddie believes he is the happiest man on earth. He wrote this memoir as his 100th birthday approached and he reflected back on the entirety of his life.
Why You Should Pick This Memoir
In 208 pages, Eddie will make you feel like he’s your friend. Your heart will ache for him, but you’ll also be awed by his strength and courage. Most of all, you’ll be inspired to see the world in a more positive way, even in the midst of extreme trials.
Zorrie
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
90% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
In under 200 pages, author Laird Hunt covers the entire life of the main character, Zorrie. It begins with Zorrie in a modest home before the death of her parents. After being orphaned a second time when her aunt passes away, Zorrie drifts through Depression-era Indiana. She even spent a short time as a radium watch painter.
Eventually, she finds a home in the community of Hillisburg. As Zorrie ages, you’ll see many events of the 20th century through the eyes of a woman in a small midwestern town.
What to Expect in This Book
The style of this National Book Award finalist is very poetic with beautiful prose. It’s slow-moving, emphasizing the characters and writing, which means you won’t get much action or a quick plot. But if you love quiet books that meander through a character’s normal life through the years, we think you’ll enjoy it.
Mademoiselle Chanel
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
95% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
Few names are as synonymous with chic glamour as Coco Chanel. However, all your opinions of the woman who created the classic little black dress could change after reading this historical fiction account of her entire life.
From her humble beginnings as an orphan to her determination to keep her atelier afloat during WW2, this book details the decisions that led to her lasting name recognition.
Our Thoughts on This Book
Melissa was fascinated by Coco Chanel’s changing position in life throughout this book, along with several other surprising aspects, like her relationship with the Nazis as they invaded Paris. It’s a well-researched and largely biographical account, but told in novel form.
Oona Out of Order
Book Girls’ Readers Rate This Book
95% Would Recommend to a Friend
Book Summary
The night before Oona’s 19th birthday, on New Year’s Eve 1982, she’s struggling with a big decision. Should she go all-in on her commitment to her band and boyfriend or follow through with a long-time plan to study economics in London with her best friend?
Before she can go down either path, she wakes up on New Year’s Day. Except she’s now in the year 2014. Instead of being 19, Oona is suddenly 51. She continues to live her life out of order, traveling backward or forward each New Year, but never knowing what age she’ll be when she wakes up.
This is an interesting pick for the Lifetime of Reading Challenge because we don’t see Oona’s life progress in chronological order. Rather than seeing Oona’s life story as she ages, we see snippets of Oona at different stages of life without yet knowing the full story of how she got there.
What to Know Before Reading
This book is only enjoyable if you’re willing to suspend your disbelief around the core concept that Oona wakes up a different age each year, and someone other than Oona also knows this happens to her. If you start questioning details, you’ll be taken out of the story. However, if you just go with it and stay engaged, it’s a fascinating premise and a great look at how technology has changed over time.
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Book Lists By Character Age
Links to our book recommendations for all twelve of the Lifetime of Reading challenge prompts can be found below:
- Books With Characters in Their 40s
- Books With Characters In Their 30s
- Books with Characters in Their 20s
- Books with Teenage Characters
- Intergenerational Novels: Books that Connect Generations
- Books With Characters in Their 50s
- Books With Characters in Their 60s
- Books With Characters in Their 70s
- Books With Characters in Their 80s
- Books With Characters in Their 90s and 100s
- Books with a Child Protagonist (Bildungsroman Novels)
- Books Spanning a Character’s Lifetime
I loved ‘The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell’!
@Jerri, OMG i laughed my butt off, the mother was great. I listened to audio and it was great.