A Slow Fire Burning

by Paula Hawkins | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0857524453 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Meg72 of Ílhavo, Aveiro Portugal on 12/12/2021
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Meg72 from Ílhavo, Aveiro Portugal on Sunday, December 12, 2021
Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She's seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. Some even call her dangerous.

Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes, that doesn't mean she's a killer. Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. She trusts no one: good people are capable of terrible deeds. But how far will she go to find peace?

Innocent or guilty, everyone is damaged. Some are damaged enough to kill.

Journal Entry 2 by Meg72 at Ílhavo, Aveiro Portugal on Sunday, December 12, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (12/12/2021 UTC) at Ílhavo, Aveiro Portugal

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Merry Christmas and may 2022 be full of good surprises :-)

Journal Entry 3 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Saturday, December 25, 2021
Thank you for this WishList box and an envelope full of surprises!
You have been a great Secret Santa! :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too. :)

Journal Entry 4 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Friday, July 8, 2022
Reserved for dabercro for this WishList Game; I will read it first. :)

Journal Entry 5 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Sunday, September 25, 2022
Currently reading it. :)

Journal Entry 6 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Monday, October 3, 2022
I really, really enjoyed reading this page-turner.
With a similar structure to The Girl on the Train, different characters and plots come together to offer the whole picture. And I must confess that it kept me guessing almost until the end.
I loved the character Irene; an ageing lady who refuses to go with the flow, in spite of her limitations. Her relationship with Laura was tender and at the same time inevitable, almost two of a kind...
Some quotes I liked:
"Irene had nothing against the young, she 'd even been young herself once. Only young people made assumptions, didn't they? Some young people. They assumed you were deaf, blind, weak. Some of these things might be true (and some not, Irene had the hearing of a bat)."
"(...) in this novel, whose story jumped about all over the place, the point of view occasionally switching from victim to perpetrator, the timeline moving backwards and forwards. Very confusing and, if you asked Irene, irritating. She remembered hearing (the author) defending it on a radio programme, saying something about playing with perceptions of guilt and responsibility, challenging the reader's expectations, all that sort of guff. Nonsense. Experimentation for its own sake, who did that serve? What was wrong with the traditional crime novel, after all, with good prevailing, evil vanquished? So what if things rarely turned out like that in real life?" (Brava, Irene!)
On the same subject:
"Just start at the beginning, for God's sake. Why couldn't people just tell a story straight any longer, from start to finish?"
Thanks for sharing this book, Meg72; it was a pleasure to read, and it will soon travel to the hands of another eager reader. :)

Journal Entry 7 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (10/11/2022 UTC) at Madrid, Madrid Spain

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Sent today to Dabercro as a WishList Tag book... and it travels with another book I tagged you with.
I hope you'll enjoy reading them both as much as I did... and thanks for being so patient! :)

Journal Entry 8 by dabercro at Clinton, Utah USA on Monday, October 17, 2022
Arrived in today's mail. Thank you for the tag and for sending the book.

Journal Entry 9 by dabercro at Clinton, Utah USA on Saturday, September 9, 2023
A thriller with many twists and turns that keeps you guessing until the end.

Journal Entry 10 by dabercro at Wish list tag, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Released 4 mos ago (11/1/2023 UTC) at Wish list tag, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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Wishlist tag sent to dvg in NJ.

Journal Entry 11 by dvg at Toms River, New Jersey USA on Monday, November 6, 2023
Arrived in NJ! So excited to receive this world traveling book. 😎 I will read it and keep it traveling. Thank you for sharing this with me!

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