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Fallen Angel

By: Chris Brookmyre
Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
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Summary

From Chris Brookmyre, winner of the Theakstons and McIllvanney awards for Black Widow, comes a standalone psychological thriller full of twists, lies and betrayal.  

One family, two holidays, one devastating secret. To new nanny Amanda, the Temple family seem to have it all: the former actress; the famous professor; their three successful grown-up children. 

But like any family, beneath the smiles and hugs there lurks far darker emotions. 

Sixteen years earlier, little Niamh Temple died while they were on holiday in Portugal. Now, as Amanda joins the family for a reunion at their seaside villa, she begins to suspect one of them might be hiding something terrible.... And suspicion is a dangerous thing.

©2019 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd

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Not his usual standard

I was really disappointed by this. It lacks the sharpness, in plotting, characters, and dialogue, of most of his novels.

What I can only assume was supposed to be a big twist, was glaringly obvious from very early on. The characters had potential to be interesting, but they mostly remained little more than drafts. The turns of phrase that made, for example, The Sacred Art of Stealing or Quite Ugly One Morning so mesmerising were missing.

The book has a lovely scene where a character rips into conspiracy theories, and this incident, as well as the debunking of conspiracy theories in general, is referenced often in the book, but I was disappointed that there was no careful but brutal dismantling of the subject the way The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks did with Mediums.

Although it’s a different type of book anyway, having more in common with his recent few novels than the many that came before, it wasn’t even equal to those latter ones. I’d have thought it was so-so if it was written by someone else, but it struck me as a genuinely surprisingly poor novel from Christopher Brookmyre.

It was not helped by the narration, which I thought sounded like the narrator was endlessly and breathlessly being taken mildly by surprise.

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A rare poor showing from Mr B

Slow to get going, derivative and lazy, difficult to get into, and a poor narration.

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good story and twists.

Was going to give this a miss based on other reviews. Glad I didn't. CB never disappoints.

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Hummmmm!

I'm not a millennial or a raging liberal so I found this book irritating much of the time. For instance one of the main protagonists has been brought up by a gay couple and is annoyed by people asking about this or really expressing anything other than total acceptance. It's seems that to ask about such an unusual thing makes you some kind of crass bumpkin. This, to me, is unreasonable if i told someone I was a human cannonball, which has about the same likelihood of someone in their 20's being brought up by two men I would expect people to be surpised and inquisitive. Although he doesnt appear much Jack Parlabane's influence is still strongly felt. I have long thought this character has been developing into a preachy old fart and I fear Mr.Brookmyre is joining him. Won't be reading this author again

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One of Brookmyre's Best

A different pace and tone than most of his other books but the excellent characters and twisting plot are there.

A great book for old fans and new readers.

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Excellent pace and well written.

 Well thought out and a very enjoyable listen. This book will not let you down.

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Big letdown

Poor structure that made it unnecessarily difficult to follow. Sorry Chris but looking forward to your next book.

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loved it!

Another excellently spun page turner from Mr Brookmyre, nice that he weaved Jack P in. Fabulous plot, very believable characters and read by the gorgeous voice of Cathleen McCarron (also read Eleanor Oliphant ).

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Tried so hard

I have restarted this book 5 times and really persevered, only because the narrator is a favourite. Just when I thought I'd finally got to grips with who's who and what's going on, I find myself on chapter 12 without a clue again. Not sure if it's just me or maybe this just doesn't work as a audio book, But I am going to have to throw in the towel and admit defeat - I will returning this unfortunately.

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I hate leaving a bad review but....

I really do hate leaving a bad review, because I fully appreciate the work and time which goes into writing a novel and I hate to insult the author. I have listened to 4 of the 10 hours of this book, and I cannot tell you one single thing that has happened. Its simply boring, I'm sure they are setting the scene to move on to something bigger, but nearly halfway into the book is just too late. I've forced myself to listen as far as I have and I honestly don't even know what the book is about. There has been no storyline so far. I sadly won't be finishing the book, I have so many others I'm excited to listen to.

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