Catching Up

This Is Your Pilot Speaking, An Audible Original Pilot

By: Bronagh Fegan

Narrated by: Louise Ford, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Carrie Quinlan, Grainne Maguire, Andy Goddard

Carol, Sarah, Samira and Mac were best friends at university. They were the bright young things who had the world on a string and shining futures ahead. Now, as they find themselves tipping into their 30-something lives of work, relationships and responsibilities, they meet up for a big reunion night out, ready to recapture their shared past. Because whilst things may not have worked out exactly to plan for any of them...at least they will always have the comfort of old friends whose lives are even more weird, skewed and off-centre than their own.

A razor sharp, witty character comedy with a warm heart which will appeal to anyone (female or male) who has ever had an awkward evening catching up after an age with old friends.

Please note: This audiobook contains explicit language.

©2015 Bronagh Fegan (P)2015 Audible Ltd.

Decent enough to listen to while doing dishes

Not my favorite story. The performances were good, particularly The Waiter, and there were some funny bits. Overall, the story was pretty dry.

I had hoped this would be funnier

CATCHING UP WITH THE GIRLS: This Is Your Pilot Speaking, An Audible Original Pilot

Author: Bronagh Fegan

Type of Book: Audiobook - Unabridged

Narrators: Louise Ford, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Carrie Quinlan, Grainne Maguire and Andy Goddard

Length: 30 minutes

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: June 11, 2015

Publisher: Audible Inc.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐

Audible has created a few short pilot episodes of various serials and offered them up as free downloads. People are needed to vote for the best one and that one will continue to be produced.

Carol has been living in New York for the past five years. She has just moved back to England and her old friends have set up a get together at a local Wine Bar.

This meeting devolves into a
"bitch-fest". There were a couple mildly funny parts, but I actually found this audiobook more annoying than entertaining.

This "serial pilot" warns listeners at the beginning that they should "buckle up" because they are entering "the United States of Hilarity". This is flat out untrue. This was not funny in the least.

The only redeeming feature is that the full cast of narrators are all very talented. They do a very good job with poor material.

I cannot rate this audiobook any higher than 2 out of 5 stars ⭐⭐

Good for short car trip

This is a 30min. story about old college friends who get together to visit and catch up. I'm not sure what the point of the whole story was, but I'm sure we could see ourselves in at least 1 of the characters and know people who are like the others. I like that there arr separate narrators for each of the characters and I like how there are background noises rather than just the narrator (background noise of the restaurant, music, ringing cell phone)...makes it sound like it was an actual tv show. I would listen to these funny ladies again in another story. I recommend to women who like Chick Lit. Thx!

Boring

Voice acting was passable but the writing was atrocious. This tries to be a catty girl's get together but only one is catty and the rest are border line manic depressives soccer moms trying to spice up their lives, and the catty one is just a whiny cow. The jokes fall flat, the timing is poor, and the tone meanders so much it's like the second act of a sitcom because the punchline is still coming.
Pass.

Bitchingly Good

I really enjoyed this one. Very believable, very real comedy. Some of the outbursts/staning up for myself moments felt slightly forced (why is thos charactering snapping now, I would ask myself) but such is the limit of the 30 minute format. Definitetly want to hear more.

Deadly Dull

What would have made Catching Up better?

Less whining.

What was most disappointing about Bronagh Fegan’s story?

There was nothing about any of the characters that made me care at all about them. The story line was dull and predictable.

What character would you cut from Catching Up?

All of them.

Any additional comments?

I was very glad when this came to an end. It it gets beyond the pilot stage, I won't be listening to it.

Bad

There was nothing funny about this at all. Bad dialogue, dysfunctional women, no story. Truly worthless.

squawky & mean

I liked the other stories in this series but this charmless tale of horrid squawking harpies tormenting the staff of a restaurant they have no intention of dining at made me want to jam icepicks in both ears. Worst of all, Audible made it a 0.00$ "purchase" instead of giving it away & now
there is no DELETE button, THERE IS NO DELETE BUTTON!!! I just sits there in my library, with no delete or Remove button. I shouldn't be obligated for life to keep this shit in my library just because I was overoptimistic in my purchase. I want it gone! As soon as this free trial is up, I'm switching to Kindle.

Absolutely Hilarious!

This is a top notch production! Better than what I was expecting! I couldn't help but literally laugh out loud several times while listening to this! Outstanding!