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Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

28 reviews

snzow's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Gun violence

becca_boulton's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Gun violence

Moderate: War

svangleboyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Three Hours is an incredible novel that grabs you from the first page, keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last page, and sends you on an emotional roller coaster.

Three Hours brings one of the worst nightmares for parents, teachers, students, and their families by going through a school shooting from beginning to end.

The author really does a fantastic job creating that perfect atmosphere with so much tension that I ended up biting my nails until they bleed. I loved seeing events unfold through the various groups of students, parents, and cops because each added a unique experience and had you going through all the different moments of terror, helplessness, and heartbreak.

I loved how the author took very relevant and difficult subjects like school shootings and handled them so well that you weren't overwhelmed by it all but were still able to experience each aspect. I definitely cried a few times on this one.

I will be keeping an eye on this author because this was a fantastic book that delivered on all aspects! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence

elainetodd's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Racism

tjwolf's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

Moderate: Racism, Death, Islamophobia, Murder, Confinement, and Xenophobia

chloerycz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Very well written, incredibly tense

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence

racial messages as part of the plot, indicating motivations of characters

racheybee77's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Racism

sammymiller21's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Racism, Mass/school shootings, and Islamophobia

s_caldecott's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

bookthief's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was an emotional rollercoaster with lots of ups and downs. It expressed important topics in today’s society. However, I felt there was always too much happening at the same time and I struggled to keep track which character I was following. Overall it was a pretty decent book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Violence, Cursing, Death, Deportation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts