Hello, lovin this!

This was excellent and I've never come across this writer. From the word go I was hooked the different narrators are great combined with a compelling story.
A murder takes place in a club and a male is apprehended it is not so much a police proceedural as a character study - I really enjoyed this it was a bit different give it a go. I'm going to try and find more by this writer now.

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3 people found this helpful

Modern story

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. It was an intriguing plot, but I didn't like the two main female characters. I wanted them to be a bit more gutsy and proactive, but I just found them irritating. I don't mind a bit of swearing, but there was too unnecessary f words.

What will your next listen be?

Apple Tree Yard

Did the narrators do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

Yes, except that they pronounced Keisha differently!

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Lacking any twist

There was no plot twist, nothing exciting and the end was disappointing. Just a story of events which you knew was going to happen once you had the first part of the story. Just lacked any real oomph and I finished it thinking it was a bit pointless.

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Excellent

Brilliant read . Was interested all the way through. Realistic as well . Could see this happening in real life

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Fab Story - Great Read ....

loved it, keeps you hooked all the way thru. All McGowan's books have been great reads.

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Enjoyed from start to end

What made the experience of listening to The Fall the most enjoyable?

The characters were excellent and very well portrayed

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The narrator brought the characters to life.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes if only there had been time

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Slow

I found this book incredibly slow with no real excitement or plot twist. I found myself fast forwarding parts of it just to get to the end.

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A really good story, I became totally involved

Charlotte is a pretty, middle-class, well-educated girl with a good job and her imminent wedding to Daniel and a great future ahead to look forward to. Keisha, a mixed race single mum, is struggling after giving up her chance of further education after becaming involved with her white boyfriend, Chris, having a child and then losing her to Social Services when Chris was accused of physically abusing the little girl. A horrifying event one night in a Camden club brought these two very different girls together in an unlikely union. Neither of them was directly responsible for what had happened but it affected their lives in so many difficult ways. The life of DC Hegarty, a young copper, was also changed when he became involved in the story. The three narrators brought these main characters, plus those that surrounded them, to life in a most believable way and I really cared about the outcome as the girls fought for themselves and the men in their lives. Claire McGowan has written a super book.

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Good story

If you could sum up The Fall in three words, what would they be?

Great book but very nearly ruined by the choice of narrator as Charlotte, Jane Collingwood would be very good as a children's book narrator. Think of a scene where a young woman is being brutally beaten unconscious in a public toilet but read aloud in the style of Mr Tumble, from CBeebies at tea time.......

Any additional comments?

The other narrators were good. It's still worth listening to.

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Great story.

I loved the different characters, their accents were so well performed by the narrator. I was hooked from the very beginning. Brilliant story full of twists and turns, all the way to the end.

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