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gabizago's review against another edition
5.0
If you like detective stories, you’re gonna love this! Jane Tennison is a probationer officer aspiring to become a detective at a police station in London in an area of high criminality. She slowly gets involved in bigger cases - and the book focuses on two of them: a murder associated with drugs, and a bank robbery. You also get to know more about this unique character, a single lady that still lives with her parents in the 1970s, but slowly realizes she needs to move on to get on with her life. The story is involving, and full of surprises - in the beginning, middle, and even in the end - so it will get you hooked from page 1. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series and follow the character in her next set of adventures! This is actually a prequel, so there's plenty of other books to read (and more to follow).
jf8's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
knitswithbeer's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent. I'm going to thoroughly enjoy this series.
kimsleurs's review against another edition
2.0
Sadly, this book was a disappointment. I love Lynda La Plante's books, am a huge fan of the Cold shoulder/Cold heart/Cold blood series and thoroughly enjoyed Bella Maffia. This book, however...
The idea of a young Jane Tennison, just getting started, very much appealed to me. Unfortunately, La Plante seems to think she needs to explain a lot of the terminology that was 'en vogue' in the MET in the seventies, so the book is interspersed with lines like: '...plonks. Jane was told this was a derogatory term used for WPCs'. Generally, even when these specific terms are used, it is pretty clear from the context what they mean. And if I don't know what they mean and really, really want to know, I Google them. Seriously, it is condescending and doesn't help the story.
Talking of 'story', I just couldn't get myself interested in the 'crime part' of the book at all. I didn't care about the characters, didn't love them, didn't hate them, just generally wasn't interested.
I honestly hope that these were teething problems of an accomplished writer trying to get a grip on this prequel thing, and that the next books will be beter. I might try one more book, just in case...
The idea of a young Jane Tennison, just getting started, very much appealed to me. Unfortunately, La Plante seems to think she needs to explain a lot of the terminology that was 'en vogue' in the MET in the seventies, so the book is interspersed with lines like: '...plonks. Jane was told this was a derogatory term used for WPCs'. Generally, even when these specific terms are used, it is pretty clear from the context what they mean. And if I don't know what they mean and really, really want to know, I Google them. Seriously, it is condescending and doesn't help the story.
Talking of 'story', I just couldn't get myself interested in the 'crime part' of the book at all. I didn't care about the characters, didn't love them, didn't hate them, just generally wasn't interested.
I honestly hope that these were teething problems of an accomplished writer trying to get a grip on this prequel thing, and that the next books will be beter. I might try one more book, just in case...
ruthlemon08's review against another edition
2.0
I should have stopped reading this but I ploughed on. The writing is so ... drab and the language choices were poor throughout. And don't get me started on Tennison - what a pathetic, weedy character. She had no backbone and I found her unbelievable and was unsympathetic to her 'heartbreak'.
This book did do one thing for me: push me to put my own novel in for publication. If this can be mass produced, I have no doubt my own work is more than worthy of the same treatment.
This book did do one thing for me: push me to put my own novel in for publication. If this can be mass produced, I have no doubt my own work is more than worthy of the same treatment.
cransuz's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
luellen1990's review against another edition
3.0
Tennison by Lynda La Plante
Title: Tennison
Author: Linda La Plante
First published in the UK: 2015
Publishers: Simon and Schuster
Pages: 624
ISBN: 147116182X
You've seen Prime Suspect, Well here's how Tennison got started.
Tennison is the starting point in the career of Tennison. This book is about what happens before Prime Suspect, this book is about how Tennison started off in the police force. In the book Tennison is brought onto a taskforce tasked with catching a killer. Tennison also helps the team when she is called upon by someone who over hears a group planning a bank robbery can Tennison and the team catch them before they pull of the robbery?
I personally haven't seen Prime Suspect, but i did enjoy this book, at first i found the book to be a bit slow but enjoyed it more once it picked up. I found Tennison as a character to be a little annoying at times, she is very timid and lets people walk all over her and talk to her like crap and that's not how i imagine and well how the police i know are like. It took me awhile to read this book as i was listening to it on audible as well. I write a bit of a mixed review here because i did enjoy the book but at the same time i found it a bit strange, The book is called Tennison yet i found the book didn't focus to much on her and found she didn't have to much involvement in the cases. So i have chosen to give this 3 out of 5 stars. I'm not sure weather i will go onto read any of the other books in the series but if i do i will of course review them as usual.
Title: Tennison
Author: Linda La Plante
First published in the UK: 2015
Publishers: Simon and Schuster
Pages: 624
ISBN: 147116182X
You've seen Prime Suspect, Well here's how Tennison got started.
Tennison is the starting point in the career of Tennison. This book is about what happens before Prime Suspect, this book is about how Tennison started off in the police force. In the book Tennison is brought onto a taskforce tasked with catching a killer. Tennison also helps the team when she is called upon by someone who over hears a group planning a bank robbery can Tennison and the team catch them before they pull of the robbery?
I personally haven't seen Prime Suspect, but i did enjoy this book, at first i found the book to be a bit slow but enjoyed it more once it picked up. I found Tennison as a character to be a little annoying at times, she is very timid and lets people walk all over her and talk to her like crap and that's not how i imagine and well how the police i know are like. It took me awhile to read this book as i was listening to it on audible as well. I write a bit of a mixed review here because i did enjoy the book but at the same time i found it a bit strange, The book is called Tennison yet i found the book didn't focus to much on her and found she didn't have to much involvement in the cases. So i have chosen to give this 3 out of 5 stars. I'm not sure weather i will go onto read any of the other books in the series but if i do i will of course review them as usual.
lottie_c's review against another edition
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-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
3.5
cassie_tee's review against another edition
4.0
I like how it’s set in the early 1970s. A bit of history and geography of London thrown in. Good story of a rookie cop.
jenilew's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0