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A review by tina_booklover
When The Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher
3.0
"When the Curtain Falls" tells the story of Olive Green, an upcoming star in the theatre scene of London who slowly falls in love with her Co-Star, Oscar Bright. Neither of them wants to admit that their relationship is getting serious, when some things happen and everything gets a little mixed up. 70 years earlier, in the same theatre, the same play was performed by Fawn Burrows. Except she fell in love with Walter, the boy from the theatre front door...
When an accident happens during the show, Fawn gets shot and haunts the theatre ever since...
I'm not exactly sure what I think about this book. I always feel like I expect a lot of Carries books because I follow her on social media and I really like her. But the truth is that if I didn't know as much about the author as I do about Carrie, I wouldn't care that much. So what if the Characters are based on real people? (I've read a lot complains about this in other reviews) I think that makes it so much more authentic. Saying that, I really liked Olive, how strong minded she was even if she didn't always get the respect she deserved. Oscar wasn't one of my favourite book characters, mainly because I don't like the whole "I want to be with you but I can't commit to a relationship" thing.
There where a few things I didn't like that much, like the way death was treated (Walter shot himself and everybody just bowed?!). One thing that generally irritates me in some books is when there are a lot of time leaps (I feel like that just destroys the story a little bit, as you get into it).
As always, I like the Ideas that Carrie comes up with, the story is so different than all the other romance books you usually read. The ending was a little abrupt, but I liked the way the author "solved the problem".
When an accident happens during the show, Fawn gets shot and haunts the theatre ever since...
I'm not exactly sure what I think about this book. I always feel like I expect a lot of Carries books because I follow her on social media and I really like her. But the truth is that if I didn't know as much about the author as I do about Carrie, I wouldn't care that much. So what if the Characters are based on real people? (I've read a lot complains about this in other reviews) I think that makes it so much more authentic. Saying that, I really liked Olive, how strong minded she was even if she didn't always get the respect she deserved. Oscar wasn't one of my favourite book characters, mainly because I don't like the whole "I want to be with you but I can't commit to a relationship" thing.
There where a few things I didn't like that much, like the way death was treated (Walter shot himself and everybody just bowed?!). One thing that generally irritates me in some books is when there are a lot of time leaps (I feel like that just destroys the story a little bit, as you get into it).
As always, I like the Ideas that Carrie comes up with, the story is so different than all the other romance books you usually read. The ending was a little abrupt, but I liked the way the author "solved the problem".