Reviews

Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

pollyhall's review against another edition

Didn't hold my interest

sarahp85's review

5.0

Quickest read of the year so far. If I'd had the day off when I started, I'm sure I would have finished it in one day.

I often forget how much I love to read thrillers/suspense books. But wow this was a good one!!

cchipmunck's review

DNF (50%) - might come back to, i’ve heard the ending is worth it

debirainbow's review

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

A fast, easy read - a school at siege. Deals with issues of troubled teens, internet , radicalisation &  parenting. Author also deals with the experience of Syrian migrants. The writing is clumsy and repetitive in parts. Great descriptions of how police and teams have to make decisions quickly in these circumstances  - some things were obvious to the reader. The author had a point to make - the headlines from the red tops were hard to read. All in all, not really a thriller but a good read. 

toric90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

mushypeasonearth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

katiewells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.75

sslovesbooks_1's review

4.0

Listened to this as an audiobook. Was very well paced and was quite a distressing story which kept me attention the whole way through. Have read a previous book by this author I knew it would be a good read.

The story is one of a school who come under attack by gunmen during a winters day. The school is quite unique in terms of ethos and set up and throughout the book we experience the three hours from different characters perspectives. I willed the perpetrators to be caught and found many of the characters very appealing. From pupils to staff to police they all had the same objective to save as many people as they could and save themselves.

Hour by hour the story unfolds and by the end I knew what has going to happen but I thought it was done on such an emotive and heartbreaking way but yet one full of love and hope.
A great listen on my commute to and from work and would absolutely recommend it. Will get the paperback version when it is published.

indiamelly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

snzow's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Gun violence