This, my friends, is an instant classic. I will never not remember this book. I was soooo drawn in. I haven't been this drawn in to a book since the days of Gone Girl. I was hanging on every single word of this book and could not put it down.

This was more of a slow burn than a thriller, but the characters were very well developed. It tackled important themes such as sexual harassment, rape, and post-partial depression, but in a way that was exciting and interesting. I don’t think the bad guys are typically as clear and obvious in cases like this but that’s ok for the purposes of fiction. 4.5 stars rounded up.

I read the audio edition— the narration was clear and enjoyable to listen to.

This book follows four women who work at a law firm: three as lawyers and one as a cleaning lady. Each of the women have different relationships with the new CEO, Ames. Secrets emerge and these women’s stories unfold, intersecting in ways that carry great drama.

This book was billed as a thriller and it most definitely is not. It should more reclassified as women’s fiction as I did not find any part of this book to be thrilling in anyway. I might not have been as disappointed in this book if I had known it was not supposed to be a page-turning thriller.

That said, this book did not necessarily work for me. As a lawyer, I found a lot of the dialogue pretty cheesy. Like when you watch a cheesy medical drama and the doctors are always going around saying “God dammit but I’m a doctor!” It’s just silly and a lot of the things people said, lawyers don’t really say.

I did not particularly find any of the characters likable and I found the narrator’s voice especially annoying and grating, especially when she did the southern accent (I listen to this book.

However, I will say that some aspects ring true in this book, especially in terms of sexual harrassment in the workplace and for that I will give one extra star. It is very true that many times women are afraid to come forward because they won’t be believed, because it will ruin their careers, and because they feel it is easier just to stay silent. For that reason, I do think that this book shines an important light on that topic. That said, I did find the ending of the book to be somewhat unrealistic and unfortunately I do not think that the way it ended is how it would happen in real life.

Sometimes I like a good slow burn but this book was way to slow. I didn't like the characters enough to want to see where this was going. I kept putting the book down and at times it felt like a chore to finish it.

This book was just okay for me. I liked some of the #MeToo conversations, but in the end it was not super compelling and, a couple weeks after reading, I have already forgotten a lot of the details.

I have been seeing so much hoopla surrounding Whisper Network for months, and finally it was released and chosen as Reese's Hello Sunshine pick for July, and honestly, for good reason. I wasn't expecting to like this novel as much as I did, but I did truly enjoy it. As much as you can enjoy a book based around sexual assault and the #metoo movement.


There are many women who work at Truviv, but this story follows four of them who have each worked there for many years - Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita. When the CEO of the company dies unexpectedly, their boss (Ames) is in talks of getting rolled into the CEO role. But each of these women have a different level of experience with Ames, some of those experiences inappropriate. And when a new female colleague starts getting a little extra attention from him, the women of the office feel some secrets need to be shared before the CEO is a threatening figure to them all.


This novel was infuriating and at times, hard to read. While situations were discussed, nothing was entirely too in-depth, vulgar, or specific. It's full of misogyny, terrifying realistic sexual advances, and situations of harassment that are all too real. Like I said - hard to read.

But the book is well-written, and the character-driven story is incredibly well developed. The way the novel was setup reminded a lot of Big Little Lies. There would be several chapters of story, followed by detective/lawyer interviews, followed again by the story. The setup was really intriguing and kept me so interested in getting to the next interview to find out more information and put the pieces together. I was really surprised by many of the twists at the end. It feels so wrong to them twists; maybe reveals is a better word. Either way I was constantly shocked and surprised at the information that would come to light. In the end, it really was a scary and wild ride.



"Women walked around the world in a constant fear of violence; men's greatest fear was ridicule." - Whisper Network, Chandler Baker



This novel really was so good. I really didn't like the characters, almost any of them whatsoever, but I still stood by them throughout this novel. I still believed their stories and supported them, and I think that was ultimately the entire purpose of the novel. We don't have to like each other, but we should support women. We should listen to them. We should believe them.

Whisper Network read like a horror for me. I know it's not supposed to give you those kinds of vibes, but I felt like I was on the outside looking in waiting for a tragedy. Nevertheless, it is smart. It is the kind of fiction women should be reading and, yet, should not have to read because it's an alternate reality not life. Overall, it was a struggle for me to get through. The lens was so clear, the women so bare, it was hard for me to connect with Sloan or Katherine or Grace despite understanding their struggles. I suppose that's the horrible part about the narrative. The fact that these women were swimming side by side along with the sharks and never truly built the kind of community required to isolate themselves chafes.

The sterile narrative mimics a group of women trying so hard to eschew all signs of womanhood, like all of the soft places and emotional moments were pruned. It's as if to be a woman is to be sexualized, and femininity could not exist without objectivity. Moreover, it's a repudiation of feminine sexuality for the sake of the feminine gaze. It's stark. It's violent. I felt raw for the wounded women compelled to hide their injuries.

Despite my very visceral reaction, I did not miss that Baker's novel is impeccably written. I'm just too empathic to appreciate its impact.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me a copy of this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Amazing social commentary, and it was obvious that the author is very well-versed in the law. I fully believed that the characters were lawyers, and I loved that each one was smart and savvy, and yet each one was still vulnerable to sexism and harassment in the workplace.

I recently enjoyed The Husbands by Chandler Baker on audiobook and wanted to go back and listen to her previous novel Whisper Novel as well. First of all, Almarie Guerra is the perfect narrator. She really added to my enjoyment of the book and made for an awesome listening experience.

The book centers on women in the workplace, specifically at a big law firm. When the CEO of the firm passes away, there's a lot of chatter of who will replace him. The most likely candidate? Ames Garrett, the big boss whom many of the ladies have had negative experiences with. When Katherine joins the firm and the women suspect Ames is making unwelcome sexual advances on her, they decide it's time to take action. But will their efforts fail massively?

This is definitely a novel for the "me too" era and a great "women in the workplace" novel. I think most women who have worked in a male-run corporate office (or even a startup) will be able to relate to at least some parts of this book. Chandler Baker has a talent for writing about the many difficulties women experience in a totally relatable way and I love her for that.

I did find myself getting a bit confused between the characters, but this could have something to do with me tending to get a bit distracted while listening to audiobooks sometimes and I think it would have been easier if I was reading a hardcopy. I had to rewind a few times to remember specifically who Sloane, Ardie, and Grace were; their positions in the company; etc.

Some things in the book didn't feel totally believable to me, but overall, I did find the book an enjoyable read and especially recommend the audiobook!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for my copy of Whisper Network by Chandler Baker narrated by Almarie Guerra in exchange for an honest review. It published July 2, 2019.
I was very late to the party on this one, but was grateful to be granted access to it. I can definitely see why it was part of Reese's book club, and how it would be so popular and fit in with her other picks.
This was definitely interesting in how the characters dealt with the issues of sexual harassment in the work place. I liked the format of going back and forth and I didn't feel like it got boring or dry. I also liked that it was set in Texas, as I'm always glad to read books that aren't in NYC or LA. It's refreshing.

This book had strong female characters and a believable story. That being said, it wasn't a "unputdownable" book... The story was a little flat sometimes.. which might have been with the fact that there were too many characters to pay attention to it? Anyway, overall, good book! Looking forward to reading/listening to more books by Chandler Baker!

This is marketed as a thriller but it kind of fails in that regard. While there is an investigation it lacks the suspense aspect I want from a thriller. It is much more procedural than thriller, and deals with the bigger issue of misogyny and male chauvanism in the workplace, sexual harrassment, and inequity when it comes to men and women doing the same job. I think this book would have been more powerful had the murder investigation been left out. It didn't really add much to the storyline, and it really wasn't "thrilling". When it came to the reveal you it was no big surprise who-dun-it. It was one of two people, and frankly the reveal was lacking any sort of excitement.

This is actually a subject I'm very passionate about. Like many women in a male dominated career field I've experienced harassment first hand. I think the author did a good job addressing the issues that many women face in their day to day lives and careers. Often women don't speak up when they are being harassed or assaulted out of embarrassment and fear. I think she captured that accurately. Unfortunately despite her capturing all of the issues, I didn't like any of the characters in this. All of the main characters seemed pretentious and whiney, despite the fact that they had valid claims of sexual harrasment or assualt against their boss. In a story like this you want to cheer for the women who are finally standing up for themselves and speaking out. While I'm happy they took action, I did not enjoy them.

I also felt the narraction of the book was a bit lacking. The audio narrator did try to give each of the characters a different voice, but I had a hard time distinguishing the characters. That is something I look for in an audiobook when there are alot of characters, and they all sounded too similar for my liking. That paired with this not really being a thriller and having unlikable characters, this book was a miss for me. I really expected to enjoy this book because it covers such an important and personal topic. Unfortunately, this just didn't work for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me copy of the audiobook. All opinions are my own.

This book caught me by surprise. The plot was so carefully thought out and the story so well-written that I was captivated from the very beginning. The narration was well-done and I found myself listening whenever possible. The ending was not what I expected, but perfect and I wouldn't change a thing!

A story for the #metoo era, but with a murder mystery twist. The narration jumps back an forth between the events that lead up to the death of Ames, the General Counsel of a major company who is poised to become the next CEO, and the police investigation into his death. The story is told via the lens of the women who report to him and have first hand knowledge of his questionable behavior. They try to discretely out him, but when he ends up dead they must defend their actions. The pace of the story was great although a little predictable at times. The narrator’s multiple accents in her reading was very distracting at points. While I know the intent was to represent the characters accurately as Texas women with accents, and in Rosalita’s case as a non native English speaker, it took me out of the story at times.

Thank you to MacMillan Publisher, Netgalley, and Chandler Baker for this audio in exchange for an honest review. The narrator, Almarie Guerra did an awesome job narrating the story. I felt I was right there with Grace, Sloan, Ardie,and Rosalita. Gripping, with a gentle twist and turn here and there it'll keep you intrigued throughout the story. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 star rating from me.

I wanted to like this book. I really did. But I didn't like it at all. I couldn't relate to any of the characters. None were likeable to me. I know many other people enjoyed this story, but I couldn't get into it no matter how hard I tried.

Thank you to the publishers, author and NetGalley for sending me an audible copy of this book in return for my honest review.

I now have no idea why, but when this book first came out I really didn't have an interest in reading it. I know it was one of Reese's book picks and Reese has never let me down but I still just wasn't interested. Well one of my friends read it and recommended it so I thought I would give it a try. It was great.

The book follows some woman of a law firm who are navigating men in the workplace, as we all are. I thought the story was very good, relatable, interesting and realistic (maybe minus the murder?). Not only did I enjoy this book from beginning to end but I also found myself picking up advice her and there. I definitely recommend this book to any woman working in corporate America!

2.5 ⭐️

Five women at an athletic company find themselves as a part of a whisper network, a group of women warning each other about men in their city to look out for, for a variety of reasons. As incidents occur and events come to light, the women work together to fight for justice.

I started this as an audiobook and did not like the narrator. I just couldn’t get behind the accents and knew I could read it faster. I got a word copy and read through it. The story didn’t keep me invested as I found it was very long with not a lot happening. It picked up around 60% in. The topics covered in this story are extremely important and there were parts that were very surprising and distressing. However, this book needed to be edited down. There were a lot of what I can only describe as “rants” about various subjects, which did make sense and related to the story, but weren’t interwoven. It just didn’t blend into the story well. I found some opinions more extreme than others and couldn’t relate to them all. Some of the main characters like Grace and Sloane just weren’t likeable. I know that probably goes against the message of this story, but it’s hard to engage fully with a story when the characters rub you the wrong way.

Thank you for my early review copy. I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. I believe this audiobook will be a huge bestseller.

The Whisper Network is an important novel that is very timely and compelling. The story dives deep into the daily harassment women endure in the workplace and society in general. The importance of the Me Too movement is demonstrated in this compelling and heart wrenching tale. The Whisper Network shouts to women to speak up and be heard! The Author’s Note was devastatingly shared and very candid. Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for my audiobook.