When I started this book, I thought it is going to be a crime mystery, and was really pleasantly surprised to find it to be a horror story. Thriller mixed with a little horror, this story takes the reader down a dark and eerie path; this was just the right amount of scary to spook the reader and to keep them on the edge of their seat. Joe grew up in Arnhill, he went to the school, he had his gang of mates, and he had a sister. Facing off with former friends who are none too happy to have him back in town--while avoiding the enemies he's made in the years since--is tougher. I liked him from the first page. I really enjoyed The Chalk Man and personally I think The Taking Of Annie Thorne is even better. Nothing is revealed too early, keeping us on our toes as to what happens – in both timelines! You see C. Tudor has a way with words, they just flow and make you lose track of time. It's happening again... How this book made me feel: What a book!!!
And then, miraculously, she came back. Joe is a character with a history. The Taking of Annie Thorne is a tense thriller that gave me a serious case of the heebie jeebies. Something dark happened when he was a kid and his old friends don't want him to tell their secrets. Her characters were developed with multiple layers to them, and they were never, at face value, what they seemed, which is what the reader loved about them.
I had read The Chalk Man by this author and I loved it so I was hoping this book would be as good, I need not have worried and although I was convinced I had worked it all out I hadn't and the ending was brilliant. Storytelling like a siren's song: your hair will prickle and stand on end but you won't be able to tear your eyes from the page. To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. The Taking of Annie Thorne by C. J. Tudor. Tudor starts The Taking of Annie Thorne with a prologue that sets the scene for the rest of the book. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert. I received a free copy of this book courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
There's more than the promise of employment that brings Joe back home: when he was a teenager, his eight-year-old sister disappeared for forty-eight hours. The novel's protagonist, Joe Thorne, is a complicated character – presented as both sympathetic and selfish. He's massively flawed and searching for forgiveness, answers and maybe revenge. Great story and I've not been able to put it down. But the school is in difficulty and with a shortage of suitable candidates, Joe is offered a teaching position with immediate effect. And the deepest part of the darkness is where the monsters hide. The Taking of Annie Thorne by C J Tudor is a thriller with plenty of horror moments thrown in. I still enjoyed this book, it did have me gripped and intrigued but it did feel familiar. And sometimes, in a case of bully, the line between a victim and a perpetrator is usually blurred. It is totally spine chilling I loved the story line and the writing style.
As the book goes on, the reader learns about Joe's little sister Annie, who disappeared, then came back different. Although, he doesn't get much of a welcome as old friends and enemies don't want him there bringing up old histories that could effect their lives. I really enjoyed Joe's character, he is incredibly witty and sarcastic and made me laugh on multiple occasions. "Gripping and dark, The Hiding Place descends like its very own mine shaft, getting creepier the further you go. Can he unearth the truth and importantly can he survive it? J Tudor captures the atmosphere of the fear of the unknown and adds a touch of the supernatural that makes this such a nail biting read; be prepared to gripped and shocked, a great read. Up to this point, life for the Thorne family, had it's ups and downs and for Joe his school days were an unhappy period in his young life. This was a great story and a brilliant read, CJ Tudor deserves so much praise for this book. Joe returns to his childhood village, ostensibly to work as a teacher, though right from the start, it's clear his return is based on far more than a desire to 'make a difference' in the local school. The narrative travels between present and past, explaining many events which are influencing the present, and I really liked this way of storytelling. C. J Tudor really captures the depression and despondency of Arnhill, the town and the school, where nothing changes and outsiders are frowned upon.
Joe seemed to be the only one to notice she wasn't the same when she returned. It revolves heavily on the theme of school bullying and the aftermath of it, either towards the victims or the perpetrators. A great edge-of-your-seat read and a must for anyone looking for a tense thriller. All his old friends, and enemies, are still there, and a terrible secret they shared and hoped had been eradicated, has drawn Joe back. Annie, after she comes back, is creepy. Great use of the claustrophobic small-town setting, secrets-galore, and a cast of characters with multi-layered motives keep you turning pages at a rate of knots. Two days later she turned up again but she wasn't the same.
And there's a shock twist which always makes things good. Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. But she couldn't, or wouldn't, say what had happened to her. Set in a bleak Nottinghamshire pit-village and time hopping between the 1990's and the present day, it has everything you could wish for in a spinechiller and then more – it is creepy, exciting, immensely readable and fabulously well written.
The book shares a lot of the same DNA as The Chalk Man, even referencing the novel's standout twist in a rather neat meta callout. This book is very dark and creepy with lots of twists and turns. But this isn't any old teaching job, it's at his old school where suspicious going's on happened 25 years ago and they are starting again. Stop reading this review and go and read the book instead. It's a place for locals not outsiders, people don't leave and even though Joe was born and raised there, he left and is now deemed as being an 'outsider' by the Arnhill residents.
Feel when I read this book. Nothing is as it seems and the twists come thick and fast as the novel draws to a conclusion. Again, there are elements of Stephen King's horror/supernatural, and the kind of ghost stories you'd tell your friends at sleepovers, but told in a way that, apart from a few paragraphs, is actually not as graphic as her previous novel in it's gruesome nature, but more psychological; the fear and terror leaks out of the chapters and fills you with an overwhelming sense of dread. But whether this ensures they are perceived as a victim or survivor, hunter or prey, blameless or otherwise, is a distinction that blurs over time. It made the reading of each timeline easier to follow, and was very interesting to observe how he has changed outside of the book. As the days went by, Joe became aware that something was just not right with Annie. Clever horror/thriller with a touch of the supernatural. I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed. The story has a dark and eerie atmosphere. Not to mention all the people who used to work there and cannot let that legacy die. Her first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in thirty-nine territories. Tudor burst onto the scene early in 2018 with her much-lauded debut The Chalk Man.
Here are working class communities where families would (and still do) all know each other, and their secrets, are proud of their heritage, loyal, and suspicious of strangers (you only have to check out a few Nottinghamshire "Spotted" pages on Facebook to see this). And there were plenty of corners for folks to back themselves into, like Annie's brother, English teacher Joe Thorne, whose prospects are already packed and waiting to leave the building. So firstly I'd like to talk about the setting. Joe is obviously hiding something and is very vague in the job interview. It contains something dark and predatory – and I'm not just referring to one or two of the characters. My Rating: Hell Yeah Book Review. It was the day she came back. Praise for this book.
Initially set in modern day Nottinghamshire, as the story progresses you start to get parts of the 90s back story of when the protagonist's sister, Annie, went missing when she was 8 and he was 15. I would like to thank Penguin and Michael Joseph for my copy of the book to read and give an honest review as part of the blog tour. Purchase online from: About the Author. "People say time is a great healer. It reminded me a little of Pet Sematary and the idea that death is not something to be tampered with. She definitely has a sinister vibe that defines this mystery novel for me, but adds elements of horror.
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