Three Hours
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens- a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the pregnant police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.
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the parallels drawn to another literary work cheapened the plot and the gritty reality of the story for me. i also went in thinking this would be a quick but impactful read, however it took a while to push through. this is an extremely heavy book!! it is NOT a thriller like it is marketed as.
And here you have a book I didn't give much hope to: after We need to talk about Kevin, it seems nobody will ever have the same flair. But Rosamund Lupton does a fine job of keeping us in our toes, while bringing up a touch of the American reality few people seem to understand. It kept me guessing, cheering and thinking after I was done - much more than I expected when I picked it up.
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