A review by shhilenceinthelibrary
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

3.0

Great storytelling, description, and character development as always with Philip Pullman. Keeping it at 3* because there were too many characters for all to be fleshed-out properly; those who were (esp. Mrs Holland) were done well. Also the central mystery was pretty uncompelling, and the payoff was incredibly cheap and underbaked.