A review by janinevduijn
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

5.0

A very impactful read focused on a (fictional) school shooting in Somerset. We follow the perspectives of students, teachers and parents during the three hours on a snowy November day during which the school is under attack. It dealt very deftly with themes of racism, the refugee crisis, radicalization and other contemporary socio-political issues. Each character's voice felt true and the setting was excellent: the bone-chilling cold resonating with the fear the narrative induced.

What really struck me as masterful was the fact that some of the students are working on a production of MacBeth, and the intertexuality between Shakespeare's play and the issues in this book
echoing each other made it clear how these issues are of all times.