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A review by confessions_of_a_bookaholic
Home Before Night by J.P. Pomare
2.0
It's the middle of the pandemic in Melbourne, and as the third wave of virus hits the government calls a lockdown giving inhabitants until 8pm to return home and stay there. When Lou's son Samuel doesn't make it home she is sure something must have happened to him. He doesn't call her and isn't answering his phone, but Lou can't go to the police because she is hiding something herself, and Samuel must never find out her secrets.
This was not my favourite listen in recent times. The characters aren't remotely likeable, and really all of the events of the book are ultimately of their own making so it's hard to feel any sympathy for them.
The early parts of the book focus on Lou freaking out because her adult son didn't come home and didn't call her. She seems completely unreasonable, and the way she interacts with her ex husband had my eyes rolling. It becomes clear towards the end of the book why she acts the way she does, but to be honest even that twist seemed so far fetched that I couldn't buy in to it.
Thankfully it's a short read and moves at a decent pace so it didn't drag.
This was not my favourite listen in recent times. The characters aren't remotely likeable, and really all of the events of the book are ultimately of their own making so it's hard to feel any sympathy for them.
The early parts of the book focus on Lou freaking out because her adult son didn't come home and didn't call her. She seems completely unreasonable, and the way she interacts with her ex husband had my eyes rolling. It becomes clear towards the end of the book why she acts the way she does, but to be honest even that twist seemed so far fetched that I couldn't buy in to it.
Thankfully it's a short read and moves at a decent pace so it didn't drag.