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Colin Morgan returns to the screens with the drama The Boy That Never Was

The Boy That Never Was is based on the Sunday Times best-selling debut novel by Irish author Karen Perry. While Colin Morgan was busy filmin

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Now, that was fast. Filming of The Boy That Never Was is a wrap! Via director Hannah Quinn on IG. So Colin will be sporting two different looks. One with curly hair while in Morocco and the short-cropped one later in Dublin.

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Update on The Boy That Never was:

Abacus Media Rights, an Amcomri Entertainment company, has pre-sold The Boy That Never Was, a four-hour drama series based on the best-selling novel by Karen Perry.

Filmed on location in Morocco and Ireland and produced by Subotica (North Sea Connection), the series has been commissioned by RTÉ with support from Screen Ireland with delivery scheduled for April 2024.

AMR has already secured sales to UKTV for their Alibi channel and France Télévisions.

The series is co-written by Jo Spain (Harry Wild, Taken Down), whose own crime novels have been translated in 20 territories, and screenwriter David Logan (Harry Wild, To Olivia).

Abacus Media Inks Presales for ‘The Boy That Never Was’ – VideoAge International

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Karen Perry’s new novel is an interesting read that is told using two first person narratives which is an interesting choice for an essentially what is a thriller.  Telling the story from the points of views of Cara, the heroine and Amy, the new found friend?!.  

 Setting the story against terrorist attacks of London works and helps dive you into the story at hand. At times, the character of Cara becomes increasingly frustrating through her choices whilst Amy, comes as across as the most interesting character.  There are a few red herrings and although some of them are pretty easy to figure out, which can be a little annoying as it takes a while before Cara catches on, saying that, there are some real good twists and turns to keep the reader on their toes.

 The books characters are very well written and Perry keeps it interesting enough to keep the reader involved. There are some questionable choices that are made but this is in keeping with the character of Cara.  I was deeply involved with the plot which is well developed. It’s a great summer read and there is a lot to like.  The ending doesn’t have complete closure and does lack some character growth or some epiphany  which doesn’t quite happen here although this maybe more of a realistic ending.

 Exciting, gripping and enjoyable, Perry’s Your Closest Friend is well paced and very enjoyable.

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Girl Unknown Review - Spoilers

Another god damn book ruined with a shitty ending. Honestly I am so tired of books crapping out at the end. Girl Unknown by Karen Perry was really good. A book about a girl named Zoe coming forward to tell David he is her father, and then manipulating and worming her way into his family and destroying it from the inside.

Throughout the book we go back and forth from David’s POV to his wife, Caroline’s POV. We see that Zoe is basically a bitch but David never sees this because she acts all sweet and perfect and shy around him. It’s a good story, well developed, well built, intense and exciting and irritating in all the good ways where I just want everyone else to discover the truth.

And then the entire book is ruined in the space of three chapters. Suddenly, out of nowhere, we get the fifteen year old son, Robbie’s POV. And all of a sudden in one chapter it crams in that he got a crush on his half sister and when he thought there was a chance that she wasn’t his sister, he tried to make a move. Then when he didn’t get his way, he killed her by pushing her and causing her to crack her head before falling into the pool. Then at the very last second, like in the very last two or three pages, it is revealed it was the youngest daughter, Holly, who killed her after all.

We barely saw the kids throughout the book and out of nowhere it brings them in for massive twists worthy of a soap opera. Like, the son having a crush on her could have worked if we actually read about it from the start from his POV like his parents, but aside from one or two hints, it was thrown in out of nowhere. And we got Holly didn’t like Zoe but she was glad that she killed her? This is a twelve year old girl. No twelve year old should be fine with murder, even if they didn’t like someone, and if they are then they have some issues which need to be dealt with, lest they turn into serial killers when they’re older.

On top of that it seemed there were a couple questions left unanswered.

Was Zoe really David’s daughter? And Did Zoe really try to kill Holly on the cliff? (That seemed like a pretty big thing for Caroline to let go/forget.)

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Angels Three: The Karen Perry Story - Book Review

Angels Three: The Karen Perry Story #bookreview #karenperrystory

We received a complimentary copy of the book, Angels Three: The Karen Perry Story by Landon J. Napoleon for our review.  All opinions are our own.  There is also an affiliate link in the review.  I may be compensated if you click on one of the links below.

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  As a parent I can not even begin to imagine what Karen Perry has went through!  She survived two bouts with Cancer.  She was…

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Book review: The Boy That Never Was

There seems to be a trend in publishing of late to tell stories about missing family members, and of sinister plots surrounding said person who has disappeared. And The Boy That Never Was is no exception.

Karen Perry’s (actually, Paul Perry and Karen Gillece) debut, The Boy That Never Was, deals with the aftermath of losing a child. In an earthquake in Tangier, parents Robin and Harry lose three year old Dillon and move back to Ireland to try to move on from the tragedy. But five years on, Harry swears he sees Dillon in Dublin’s centre and attempts to find his long lost, thought dead son. Robin has fared better in dealing with losing Dillon than Harry but she is harbouring a guilty conscience and secrets from long ago. What Harry believes he sees takes their marriage further down a rocky path they’ve been treading for a while, and all the lies and secrets start to unravel...

I began reading this book on a train and it started well enough, though in the first several chapters, it begins to drag. There are some unnecessary characters and happenings, one or two surprises, and the action doesn’t pick up until a disastrous family Christmas dinner with Robin’s parents. It gets much better from there - we learn about Robin’s past in Tangier and Harry’s crazed obsession in finding Dillon, always convinced he is alive. When Harry catches his sighting of ‘Dillon’, I wanted to believe him but I wasn’t entirely convinced. However, his stubborn belief began to persuade me he wasn’t going off the rails, that he really had seen Dillon. I think it might’ve been Robin’s refusal to be persuaded that may have swayed my certainties. And at times, it felt like I was being forced to take sides between the pair, and while they both have a part of the blame to share, it didn’t seem very fair, it’s as though the reader is expected to stay loyal to that one person.

What Perry does do right, though, is creating authentic locations, from the exotic, languorous-like Tangier to the chilly, snowy Dublin. It honestly feels as though you’re at the scene, soaking up sun and spending time with artists, or getting ready to celebrate Christmas. The use of flashbacks was equally effective, and really pulls the reader back to a youthful, glorious life. And Harry and Robin’s - but mostly the latter - emotions pull at your heartstrings; grief, guilt, lust and loss are the most prominent. I sympathised with Harry’s misfortunes, yet I felt more drawn to Robin. She is painted as quite a flawed character but she is colourful and her grief captured my heart in so many ways. Her relationship with Harry is like a see-saw: up and down, up and down. The beautiful thing about their relationship is that no matter how bad things are, they still love each other and that love never goes away. The ending is unexpected and expected at the same time: the story goes around full loop. 

The other characters - Robin’s parents, Harry’s friends Cozimo and Spencer take a back seat, though they all have a part to play. Robin’s parents represent a safety net and their own feelings about Dillon and Harry come to light in a touching or terrifying way. Cozimo appears to be a loyal friend and somehow seems shady at the same time while Spencer, on the other hand, symbolises danger, and has a foresight Harry obviously lacks. 

The writing is good - I literally couldn’t peel my eyes away from the book while it was in my hands. It was that gripping. I just had to find out why Robin is so mysterious, whether Harry is right that Dillon is the boy he saw. It feels like a family drama at first, then when it’s all action, it’s more of a thriller. That’s when it sucks you in.

The Boy That Never Was isn’t for everyone but if you liked the BBC’s The Missing, then you’ll probably like this too. With themes of tight family bonds, loss and love, you’ll be hard tested not to feel the heartache. Tissues are optional. 3.5/5