'Things We Never Said' is an achingly beautiful, emotional read. Sean has lost the love of his life, Catherine. Then he discovers she has left photographs and recorded messages for him to listen to, but will Catherine reveal things he did not want to know.
I adored the concept of this book, it was incredibly moving and made for immersive reading. Alexander does a spectacular job at capturing the emotions and feelings of the characters, I really felt like I knew them and as a result, felt their pain with them. The revelations come thick and fast, some good and some not so much but they all contribute to Sean going on a journey with those around him. I just loved every page of this read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for an advance copy.

Unfortunately I had to DNF this at 40%. I tried to read this a few times but I just couldn't connect with any of the characters and the storytelling just didn't jump out for me.

This book felt too similar to 13 reasons why and couldn’t keep my attention. Took me a while to read because of the pace. The characters bothered and annoyed me and really weren’t interesting to read about. I’m so sorry

I was extremely enamored with this title.

The alternating descriptions of photos and narration really set the book apart from others I've read.

The secrets that are revealed are devastating. The tale of the missed chances to communicate, even more so.

This book has taught me to be honest about my feelings with others and why it's so important to do so before you leave the earthly plain.

This wasn’t the book for me. It wasn’t what I hoped. Not what I expected. I couldn’t give it a chance. It’s not something I would read

I have never read a book written by Nick so wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was not disappointed.
This book is very touching, yet heart breaking love story, told by a wife dying from cancer. she leaves letters to her husband after her passing, very sad.

A must read! But have your tissues ready.

A heart warming and heart wrenching must read! It makes you think! If you were dying would you record a message to be heard after you died? I think I might have cried while reading this book!

This book didn't work for me unfortunately. It aimed for deep and meaningful but missed its mark by a mile - I found it weirdly emotionless, given the premise, and it elicited zero feels from me. The messages in the tapes felt off to me - it read like the written, and not the spoken, word and contain too much obvious exposition for the benefit of the reader. This made the whole story lack authenticity for me. I thought the character of Maggie was flat and unconvincing and the ending was predictable.

Emotional, poignant and thoroughly absorbing. I absolutely loved this book. When Sean's wife dies of cancer, she leaves him a box of envelopes to be opened one a week. Each envelope contains a photograph and a recorded message. The messages are memories of their life together with a few surprises thrown in. It's an emotional rollercoaster of a read and I was totally absorbed in the story from page one. Nick Alexander writes beautifully and his characters are thoroughly believable.

Wonderful read, beautifully written. The revelations keep coming, and characters get increasingly complex Highly recommend!

A first-time reader or Nick Alexander and I quite enjoyed it. So much so, that I searched out and read the quick novella "Three Christmases" that follows up this book and gives us some closure on what happens to our characters after this novel ends.

The concept drew me in and at first I thought it would be a road of lovely reminiscing of this couple's marriage. But Alexander throws in a few twists that make us, and the widowed husband, really face the reality of their lives together. Both husband and wife have to reckon with mistakes they made and in the course of this book, we begin to see Sean heal and move on.

Enjoyed!

Enjoyed the premise of this book, with Catherine looking back on their life together through tapes and snapshots. It's sometimes funny but often poignant and heartwarming. Another great read from Nick Alexander! Loved the characters.

This is the story of Sean and Catherine, and the life they lived through pictures and a tape recording of all the things Catherine wished she could have told Sean. But when Catherine's life is cut short, she has just enough time to tell Sean all the things she never said.

It is a wonderful story of a look at life through pictures, and everything that Catherine was thinking at those times, but just could say. From fun vacations, to the birth of their child, to friends they have had, to affairs both real and unreal. It is a story to show Sean that she had a good life, a loving life, and one she wished she could continue, but knows she cannot. It is a story of loosing a partner to illness, and having to survive those following months after her death, but to have that one time a week to hear her voice. To be happy, mad, angry, sad, and joyful with her. To hear her say she had a good life and that she regrets nothing.

This was a take on how to tell someone a story more than the pictures say, to tell that person how they really felt at that moment the picture was taken and what was happen at that time. And in the end, to think that they really were destined to be together was the greatest gift he could get. But that she wished him to keep living and be happy even though she was not. I would recommend if you just need a quick read, a good little cry at the end, and to see and feel the love between these two characters.

When Catherine learns she is dying of cancer she leaves a box of pictures and an audio tape for her husband. She wants him to remember some of the good and bad times in their life and she wants to tell him things she wished she had. Sean's life as a widower becomes a turmoil as he opens a new envelope each week. He discovers things about his marriage that he never knew and ideas his wife had but never talked about. Everyone has their own way of dealing with grief, I don't think this would be my ideal way. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This is a touching & honest, yet heart breaking love story, told by a wife dying from cancer. After her passing, she leaves letters to her husband on her perspective of their marriage.

Even though this is an emotional tearjerker, it is a must read. It's very well written & will have you thinking about your own life & marriage!

The story opens with Sean and April returning from Catherine's funeral. Soon after the funeral April leaves her dad alone as she needs to go back to her job.
Just trying to get through the day Sean finds himself enveloped in grief. A while later he receives a box with 30 envelopes in it. Each one contains a snapshot and a message from Catherine. She asks him to open one a week.
So begins 29 weeks of going back over their relationship: where and when they met; the people they were when they were younger; rediscovering elements of his past self and what he enjoyed; finding out her secrets that she kept so hidden from him. He discovers all the things that they never said to each other that shaped their relationship without them even knowing the powerful influences the unsaid things were on their marriage.
A soft, gentle read. You are let into Sean's grief process and watch how each tape shapes him and allows him to move past the crippling grief into a new journey.
I found the ending to be a very strong one where it guides the reader to "see" what was going to happen next.
I really enjoyed this book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me the chance to read this.

This book felt like P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern but much more depressing and uninteresting. It was flat and dull and boring, just Catherine reminiscing things and Sean going through it... I don't even have an adverb for it, but like there were hardly any emotions for the reader to feel. I really did not understand the point of this story.

A story about love and the relationships we forge that leave an impression on us. When Sean's wife passes away, she leaves him 29 letters and cassette tapes to listen to, hoping that she'd talk him through the memories she cherished of their relationship. It's as heartbreaking as it is a sweet gesture. Thank you Netgalley for the eARC.

I felt quite disappointed reading this book, as I have simply adored this author's previous titles. I didn't enjoy the diary structure where by Sean discovered secrets about his dying wife, when Catherine was speaking through the cassettes, I couldn't connect with her character, she didn't come to life for me.
I found the pace of the story to be slow and unimaginativly predictable, I felt that the concept of the story unraveling through the tapes was frustrating and slightly tedious to 'look forward' to.
I had expected much. more and I felt let down from this read.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for my review. I know my opinion on this one will be unpopular, but I didn't like this story...at all! I typically would love a story about a dying woman who leaves behind messages for loved ones to guide them on their way, but I felt her letters were completely self-serving. Her way of purging her conscience and not at all about leaving her family better off because of her wise words from beyond. This one is a strong NO from me.