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A review by kitsuneheart
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
4.0
Not quite a mystery for young adults. While Sally Lockhart is solving a mystery and facing peril, the true motives of villains and heroes are never masked. You know from their introduction where they're going to side. The history of the titular ruby is the only bit you don't know until the very end, though, luckily, it winds up being an interesting reveal.
It's the kind of book that leaves you interested, but not ravenous. Like, if I didn't have the next two books queued as audiobooks, I might wind up reading the plot on Wikipedia. Not bad, but not entirely sure it's worth my reading time, due to that issue of the obvious motives and alliances. Perhaps future books will have more surprising things happen?
The audiobook version is typical audiobook quality. Nothing to really make it stand out in the mind. Just a reading, without errors, and with a fair amount of emotion. It's not bland, but it's not above the average.
It's the kind of book that leaves you interested, but not ravenous. Like, if I didn't have the next two books queued as audiobooks, I might wind up reading the plot on Wikipedia. Not bad, but not entirely sure it's worth my reading time, due to that issue of the obvious motives and alliances. Perhaps future books will have more surprising things happen?
The audiobook version is typical audiobook quality. Nothing to really make it stand out in the mind. Just a reading, without errors, and with a fair amount of emotion. It's not bland, but it's not above the average.