Reviews

Where There's Smoke by Simon Beckett

yorozuya's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

wyczytana's review against another edition

3.0

zdecydowanie doceniam kunszt autora, aczkolwiek sama w sobie książka dość mocno przewidywalna i momentami dość abstrakcyjna. Wciąż uważam ze dobra rozrywka, wciągająca, do przeczytania na jednym posiedzeniu 2,75/5

sloatsj's review against another edition

3.0

Listened to this in the car driving to & from France. Kind of one awful situation after another! My husband and I spent most of the time shaking our heads about the protagonist's poor decisions, I'm afraid. Suspenseful, but no great shakes.

kleinlina's review against another edition

4.0

Auch jemand weirdly attached zu Ellis?

tanja_elisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

colaloopa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

craftingrama's review

2.0

I detest narrators that sound like they are reading a bedtime story, if I wanted to go to sleep I would listen to something to do so. The book had a great getting to the end but getting to it almost drove me insane and I really had to persevere to make it to the end. The total end was such a shock that I felt like someone ditched the last chapter leaving just the fact she gave birth to a boy.

leajim's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

katiecatbooks's review against another edition

4.0

Half contemporary. Half thriller. Great writing.

Story: Kate Powell runs her own publishing company in the middle of a bustling city. She's about to find out if she was selected for a work offer and her main competition is her ex-boyfriend Jack.

Language: medium length chapters. the first half of the book is build up for the thriller in the second half. it's very slow paced to the point where I wasn't even sure if I was reading a thriller book. but the second half speeds up and is full of page turning suspense.

Characters: Kate is young and successful, but has no family, partner or children. Her best friend Lucy has a husband and two young children and adds her opinions into Kate's life and choices at every opportunity. Jack, Kate's ex-boyfriend, is successful and also has a mean streak to him.

I didn't care for the first half very much, but the second half definitely made up for it. Great thrills and ending.

laureddo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0