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Fire Damage
by Kate Medina
3.5 out of 5
Thank you to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, the author and Netgalley for giving me the chance to read this book for an honest review.
When psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn starts counselling Sami, the four-year-old son of an injured Major, she begins to suspect that his trauma runs deeper than his family have led her to believe. Why does he refer to himself as “the girl”? And who is the “Shadowman” who instils such terror in her patient?
Meanwhile, Flynn’s former patient, Captain Ben Callan, is investigating the controversial death of an officer in Afghanistan. Shot only days before he was due to arrive home, there is only one suspect – a fellow soldier who is refusing to talk.
Flynn and Callan’s cases converge when a dead body is found washed up on a Sussex beach, revealing a connection between Sami and the dead soldier. And it soon becomes clear that what seemed to have its origins in Afghanistan began with a secret much closer to home.
Can't say I loved this book, but I didn't hate it either, I just felt that the plot didn't flow. One thing that annoyed me is that once again we have a complex main character who is fighting her own demons, can't we, for once, have a "normal" person who doesn't have so many issues, it certainly would make it stand out from the current market of books.
I expected the book to be fast-paced but I found the first three-quarters quite slow and whilst I understand it's the first book in a series, the story only really started to unfold in the last 30% of the book. The ending did happen over a short period of time and this made it feel quite rushed which meant there wasn't that build of tension that it should have had.
I would definitely like to read the next installment as I think this series does have potential.
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Thank you to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, the author and Netgalley for giving me the chance to read this book for an honest review.
When psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn starts counselling Sami, the four-year-old son of an injured Major, she begins to suspect that his trauma runs deeper than his family have led her to believe. Why does he refer to himself as “the girl”? And who is the “Shadowman” who instils such terror in her patient?
Meanwhile, Flynn’s former patient, Captain Ben Callan, is investigating the controversial death of an officer in Afghanistan. Shot only days before he was due to arrive home, there is only one suspect – a fellow soldier who is refusing to talk.
Flynn and Callan’s cases converge when a dead body is found washed up on a Sussex beach, revealing a connection between Sami and the dead soldier. And it soon becomes clear that what seemed to have its origins in Afghanistan began with a secret much closer to home.
Can't say I loved this book, but I didn't hate it either, I just felt that the plot didn't flow. One thing that annoyed me is that once again we have a complex main character who is fighting her own demons, can't we, for once, have a "normal" person who doesn't have so many issues, it certainly would make it stand out from the current market of books.
I expected the book to be fast-paced but I found the first three-quarters quite slow and whilst I understand it's the first book in a series, the story only really started to unfold in the last 30% of the book. The ending did happen over a short period of time and this made it feel quite rushed which meant there wasn't that build of tension that it should have had.
I would definitely like to read the next installment as I think this series does have potential.
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