The Brave
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The Brave
Narrated by:
Michael Emerson
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Narrated by:
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Michael Emerson
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Nicholas Evans
About this listen
The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave. It’s 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. Tommy, a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians, needs all the bravery he can summon. Salvation comes when his glamorous actress sister is swept off to Hollywood by one of his heroes, TV cowboy Ray Montane.
But with the Cold War looming, the sinister side of Tinsel town seeps through and Tommy and Diane soon find themselves in jeopardy.
Forty years on, Tommy has to confront his boyhood ghosts when his own son finds himself charged with murder.
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Great story easy to follow the ending is a little predictable but it’s a good enough story that the ending being predictable won’t bother you to much
It’s not in the same league as The horse whisperer
It’s a light holiday or winter afternoon read
Good story
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Recommend
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The early chapters set in Britain are hard to listen to, as the narrator cannot do accents. Despite being set in Birmingham, he clearly only has The Artful Dodger and Dumbledore for reference (ALL of the school masters sound the same), and his Welsh accent for the matron made me laugh out loud: Wales is not in the West Indies.
Thankfully, most of the action takes place in the narrator's native USA, so gets easier to listen to after that. The flashbacks tell a good and interesting story, even though you know how it ends from the first chapter of the book. But the present day action just isn't very interesting - and is frankly in quite bad taste. It's hard to feel sympathetic for his son.
There's a potential love interest but [SPOILER ALERT], he ends up dating her mum, which is a bit icky. And none of it relevant - it's basically a footnote.
All in all - read another Nicholas Evans. Any other one.
Not Nicholas Evans at his best
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it took a while to get into the story and it was very slow in parts. It was not the usual Nicholas Evans quality of storywriting and a book I'm sad to say will be unmemorable.
it's not a page turner
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