I loved the dramatisation, with different voices for the characters. I felt that Gilbert could have been a little more careful about punctuation. All in all, delightfully presented.

I enjoyed the middle section — the journal of Helen — but the opening and closing sections were a chore to get through. Great insights into alcoholism (and what it’s like to live with someone who suffers), marriage, and some insights into what coparenting is like.

I couldn’t put it down.

I read this book many years ago but on coming across its history and the social message, I decided to “read” it again with greater understanding. I’m glad I did. The style is very old fashioned and moralistic and at times, you want to scream : “get on with it” as they fumble through the niceties of Georgian or Victorian England. The use of various narrators was great although clearly they are not professionals. This didn’t detract too much and I thought Helen was really well done. This is not a lighthearted book but I think that a well brought up girl like Ann Brontë either had an incredible imagination or experiences that no parsons daughter should have been exposed to. I was amused at the tampering of the little boy’s wine. An interesting take on how to make sure your son isn’t an alcoholic!

It was very long winded

Loved it!

I loved the book with the different people doing the voices for each character.

Of course it is slow compared to a modern novel as most novels are from this time but still enjoyable. The narrators are quite good for a LibriVox recording.

Interesting to listen to a book and compare to other books by Bronte sisters. A long but nice storyline. The narration by multiple people was a bit unusual and though quite nice for Helen and Gilbert, it was not consistent and equally good for other characters..

Long but good. Loved the vocabulary. The story is so different from today and yet so similar.

Wonderful book. Reading is decent but some of the characters voices don't match the character and some of them are difficult to hear due to poor sound quality. I would rather have listened to one reader throughout.