The Curfew
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The Curfew
Narrated by:
Richard Armitage
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Narrated by:
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Richard Armitage
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T.M. Logan
About this listen
Do you know where your kids are?
The brand new up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick The Holiday and The Catch.
I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm.
The curfew
Andy and Laura are good parents. They tell their son Connor that he can go out with friends to celebrate completing his exams, but he must be home by midnight.
The lie
When Connor misses his curfew, it sets off a series of events that will change the lives of five families forever.
The truth?
Because five teenagers went into the woods that night, but only four came out. And telling the truth might mean losing everything...
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
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I struggled through this, fell asleep numerous times (I did say it was dull) and finally woke up for the reveal, which was underwhelming.
Sadly I have found the last two thrillers also very disappointing "Reputation" by Sarah Vaughan and much hyped latest by Lucy Foley "The Paris Apartment" and this will be another one I find is not worth a credit.
The narration is like listening to a rather mundane maths teacher, not bad but does not lend anything to lift this equally mundane story.
The characters are like flat pack family members - The (dull) Dad - Unmemorable Mum - Angsty Teen Son - Sparky nerdy little sister - more dreary family members with depressing terminal illness backstory. Even a C list celeb cannot inject any excitement into this flat, domestic drama. Endless Dad unable to keep up with tech and being amazed at those who can. Dad also unable to keep up with social strata at school.
Real life is more exciting than this book which grinded along much like the cogs in "Dad's" brain as he desperately tried to keep up with things observed by his cleverer but distant shadowy wife who comes across as completely bored and disengaged with him too.
Gosh, it all sounds like TM Logan picked the brains of techy teens for this one and it all came across as leaned by rote - it would be quicker and more entertaining to instead watch the YouTube tutorials the daughter is so keen on for those who are not familiar with IT.
The actual crime itself seemed very forced and explanation seemed very unlikely.
The detectives were also colourless characters more like cardboard cutouts
I do not have teenage children so no real interest in learning the minutiae of their daily lives, I did not enjoy IT being endlessly explained as I did already know about routers and IP addresses unlike the clueless Dad. Frankly this book was more boring than my own life which is certainly not what I look for in a book as hoping for some escape, some twisty thriller to keep me gripped but this was just so very very lacking in intrigue.
Dull one dimensional characters led by desperately dreary Dad, dreary domesticity, all the weariness of coping with teens, too many tutorials on IT, depressing terminal illness, trolling, spiking, hacking, family disagreements ............ for anyone who has the luxury of not waiting up for teens to come home .... I recommend you do not find out as needless torture,
Will I be looking forward to TM's next offering "9 Years".? Well going by the preview chapter included at the end of the audiobook,it manages to be more exciting in a few sentences than the whole of "The Curfew"
So maybe although it does hint it is all about babies, so maybe not.
So many dull people, could not seem to care ...
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absolutely gripping
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Another solid thriller from T.M.Logan
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Kept me listening
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Loved, loved, loved this book!
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