When The Curtain Falls
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Beschreibung
'Enchanting, evocative and utterly magical, When The Curtain Falls is a theatrical delight... I LOVED this book!' Miranda Dickinson
'Carrie Hope Fletcher has carved out a lovely niche with her fantastical novels. But this new one - set in the West End showbiz world - sees her brilliance go up a notch. Bewitching.' Heat Magazine
'A brilliant book' Louise Pentland
******
Theatres have a certain kind of magic. When the curtain rises, we are all enraptured by the glare of the lights and the smell of the greasepaint but it's when the curtain falls that the real drama begins . . .
In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London's West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if he discovers she is no longer 'his'. But life in the theatre doesn't always go according to plan and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players . . .
Almost seventy years later, a new production of When the Curtain Falls arrives at the theatre, bringing with it Oscar Bright and Olive Green and their budding romance. Very soon, though, strange things begin to happen and they learn about the ghost that's haunted the theatre since 1952, a ghost who can only be seen on one night of the year. Except the ghost is appearing more often and seems hell bent on sabotaging Oscar and Olive. The young couple realise they need to right that wrong from years gone by, but can they save themselves before history repeats itself and tragedy strikes once more?
Moulin Rouge meets Phantom of the Opera in this spellbinding and magical story of unrequited love and revenge. When the Curtain Falls is Carrie Hope Fletcher at her romantic best - it will take your breath away.
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Beiträge
When the Curtain Falls is set in a theatre and tells a love story both in 1952 and Present Day. You can really tell the passion and love Carrie has for theatre in the way she describes the setting. In Present Day, Olive Green and Oscar Bright are about to be the stars of a revival play called When the Curtain Falls. But strange things are happening, and they are related to the history of the theatre. In 1952, Fawn Burrows is about to make her theatre debut in the brand new play When The Curtain Falls and during her time at the theatre, she becomes close friends with the doorman assistant Walter Brown. But it isn’t as perfect as it seems because someone is not too pleased with their friendship and it sets off a tragedy. I had a hard time putting this book down. Both storylines run parallel to each other, but they fit perfectly and are also so similar yet really different! And the villain of the story literally made my skin crawl! I think that Carrie’s writing has improved a lot since OTOS and I guess that I like WTCF and ATSCS equally as much! I loved the clash of a love story and a ghost story and the atmosphere of the theatre! Now, some bits I didn’t enjoy: Like always, the names. They seem so childish to me, but I guess that is just her thing… A missing trigger warning: there are some aspects of abuse and violence in it that I didn’t expect and all, and well it could trigger someone…. The first chapter. I don’t know where to place it and I had some trouble understanding their relationship at first, like I thought they were a couple and then they didn’t know each other very well? It just was a bit hard getting into the story… And lastly: how Carrie somehow always manages to put so much of her real life relationships in her books… She always says she doesn’t but this sometimes felt like a Carrie/Oliver-fanfiction… Overall I still liked it, I just think it is important to not glorify her books just because you like her in general or as an actress!
Beschreibung
'Enchanting, evocative and utterly magical, When The Curtain Falls is a theatrical delight... I LOVED this book!' Miranda Dickinson
'Carrie Hope Fletcher has carved out a lovely niche with her fantastical novels. But this new one - set in the West End showbiz world - sees her brilliance go up a notch. Bewitching.' Heat Magazine
'A brilliant book' Louise Pentland
******
Theatres have a certain kind of magic. When the curtain rises, we are all enraptured by the glare of the lights and the smell of the greasepaint but it's when the curtain falls that the real drama begins . . .
In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London's West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if he discovers she is no longer 'his'. But life in the theatre doesn't always go according to plan and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players . . .
Almost seventy years later, a new production of When the Curtain Falls arrives at the theatre, bringing with it Oscar Bright and Olive Green and their budding romance. Very soon, though, strange things begin to happen and they learn about the ghost that's haunted the theatre since 1952, a ghost who can only be seen on one night of the year. Except the ghost is appearing more often and seems hell bent on sabotaging Oscar and Olive. The young couple realise they need to right that wrong from years gone by, but can they save themselves before history repeats itself and tragedy strikes once more?
Moulin Rouge meets Phantom of the Opera in this spellbinding and magical story of unrequited love and revenge. When the Curtain Falls is Carrie Hope Fletcher at her romantic best - it will take your breath away.
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
When the Curtain Falls is set in a theatre and tells a love story both in 1952 and Present Day. You can really tell the passion and love Carrie has for theatre in the way she describes the setting. In Present Day, Olive Green and Oscar Bright are about to be the stars of a revival play called When the Curtain Falls. But strange things are happening, and they are related to the history of the theatre. In 1952, Fawn Burrows is about to make her theatre debut in the brand new play When The Curtain Falls and during her time at the theatre, she becomes close friends with the doorman assistant Walter Brown. But it isn’t as perfect as it seems because someone is not too pleased with their friendship and it sets off a tragedy. I had a hard time putting this book down. Both storylines run parallel to each other, but they fit perfectly and are also so similar yet really different! And the villain of the story literally made my skin crawl! I think that Carrie’s writing has improved a lot since OTOS and I guess that I like WTCF and ATSCS equally as much! I loved the clash of a love story and a ghost story and the atmosphere of the theatre! Now, some bits I didn’t enjoy: Like always, the names. They seem so childish to me, but I guess that is just her thing… A missing trigger warning: there are some aspects of abuse and violence in it that I didn’t expect and all, and well it could trigger someone…. The first chapter. I don’t know where to place it and I had some trouble understanding their relationship at first, like I thought they were a couple and then they didn’t know each other very well? It just was a bit hard getting into the story… And lastly: how Carrie somehow always manages to put so much of her real life relationships in her books… She always says she doesn’t but this sometimes felt like a Carrie/Oliver-fanfiction… Overall I still liked it, I just think it is important to not glorify her books just because you like her in general or as an actress!