A review by lindsayb
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy

2.0

This had its moments, but it needed a little more finesse. Part of it was the audio reader--I was also following along in the book and found that the reader often would put emphasis where there was none (making it a bit campy) or not emphasize the text when needed. The structure Murphy created of showing different POVs had potential, but mostly I confused people. He also uses "meanwhile..." an awful lot.

Otherwise, a serviceable book on a historical disaster.