Graham Swift never disappoints with his ordinary characters and gentle, descriptive storytelling. Jack, Evie and Ronnie are center this somewhat magical time of 1959. Their story is one of friendship, love, longing, mystery and desire. Beautifully told as to captivate the reader into the magic of their vaudeville-esqe show, weaving yesterday and today back and forth. Will remember these characters and the feeling of wonder for a long time to come.

Lyrical short novel about magicians and their own magical life transitions.

While the events in this book take place in 1950s England, we meet Eve in the present as she recalls that memorable summer in Brighton when she was as a magician’s assistant. The magician is Ronnie, who is the main character in this book. The story is sweet, nostalgic and well written.

I loved Ronnie's story, which is written in a beautiful, lyrical way, but I would have loved to learn more about Eve and Jack, who is another key character her. I felt this roles and backstories could have been more developed. However, in a novel as short as this one, I think the author did an excellent job bringing them to life.

As I got this one on audiobook, I thought it was an excellent choice - the narration is calm, well done, and it kept my interest throughout. I highly recommend this version if you're interested in this novel.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

This was a quick audiobook set in the 1950s about magicians that sadly left not fully satisfied. I enjoyed the vivid descriptions the author presents, but at times the plot felt repetitive and my engagement with the characters fell flat. Thank you to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for granting me access to this audiobook fin return for my honest opinion.

Here We Are by Graham Swift is an interesting story about magicians.

Here We Are brings you into a magician and his assistant’s head. I loved hearing both sides of the story. It took me a while to get into this book. However, once I got pulled in I was invested in the story.

Phil Davis did a great job narrating. His voice really fit with the story. However, I prefer narrators with more emotion in their voices. I don’t think that would’ve been as fitting with this story. I might have preferred to read instead of listen to Here We Are.

I recommend Here We Are to magician fans. It reminded me of a lighter version of The Prestige.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for Here We Are.