I always enjoy when unusual characters provide poignant insights into modern mores. __________________________________________________
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🎧 Luke Francis delivers a good performance. A laid back listen.


Big thanks to NetGalley and Saga Egmont Audio for providing me with an ALC in return for an honest review.

(DNF 20%)
I kept drifting off, I just couldn't stay focus, they kept talking and talking but I couldn't get into the story, I was tempted to start over but I kept going, it was at 20% when I finally stopped it cuz I didn't understand what they were talking about, all I know is that there was an alcoholic photographer an someone he was interviewing, that's all I was able to gather.

Easy to follow storyline with an excellent narrator. I didn't necessarily relate with 30-somethings living in London, but found the story compelling and the characters interesting. Thank you to Saga Edmont Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to an advanced copy,

Thank you Netgalley and Saga Egmont Audio of the audiobook ARC.

This book covered a wide range of topics. Although I felt like some fell short. It did bring a lot of truths to the table, and you could feel yourself trying to connect. I kept trying to figure out what type of book it actually is with the broadness of everything.

The storyline was good and the Narrator was excellent.

This book captured me from the very first, and I couldn’t have told you why. It’s an interesting character-driven story about a not-quite-young man as he’s on the cusp of growing out of that 20-something mucking about time. Once I started listening I just couldn’t stop.

This contemporary read centers around the life of Paul and his friends and acquaintances. He's living in London as cheaply as possible working for a magazine and a local bookstore. Its quite a laid back read on modern life. It's quite amusing in parts. He wants to find love, but in there again he's better off on his own. His mother has died and his sister is pregnant. He's also being evicted from his flat above Greggs. Oh and then there is Brexit.

If you enjoy reading about 'people' then you will enjoy this book. I listened to this via audiobook and found the narrator to be quite good and entertaining.

While I am not the target audience for this book, I still enjoyed it. The characters are interesting, the story East to follow. The narrator’s voice/accent was pleasant to listen to.

Thanks to #NetGalley and the publisher for access to this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Full of heart and dry humor, Theft is a modern delight and the audio narration is wondeful. A recommended purchase in all formats.

Paul is a bookseller in London, who also works for a hipster magazine. He’s in his 30’s and drifts in life. A sort of more savvy Nick Hornby character. Occasionally he meets his sister.
When the novel begins, the siblings are ruminating over the death of their mother. In the meantime they have to sell her house. With that looming in Paul’s mind, there’s also the Brexit referendum. We all know how that turned out and it seems that Paul can’t get over it. Especially since the North, where he’s from, voted leave while London voted remain.
Then a chain of events happen to Paul which change his life. First of all he meets Emily Nardini, whom he is attracted to. Then her older boyfriend Andrew. At the same time he has to move out of his shared flat. On top of that he meets Andrew’s feminist, reactionary daughter, Sophie, and THEY hit it off. Add to friends and lovers who drift in and out of Paul’s life and his sister’s upcoming pregnancy and you have got a mess.
Theft is mostly about the complexity of relationships. It’s also about social classes and, in a way it’s a coming of age story as Paul realizes he has to grow up. Britain is going into a new phase and Paul has to realize he has to as well.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and And Other Stories for this audio e-arc.*