A Lovely Way to Burn: It doesn't look like murder in a city full of death... (Plague Times Trilogy, #1)

Name: A Lovely Way to Burn
Rating: 2.00 (1 reviews)

by Louise Welsh

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A Lovely Way to Burn: It doesn't look like murder in a city full of death... (Plague Times Trilogy, #1)

by Louise Welsh

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

'A taut thriller so involving that I missed my bus stop!' Woman & Home

'I read it in two sittings, pausing only to sleep and dream about it. Gripping, perfectly paced and beautifully written' ERIN KELLY

A pandemic called 'The Sweats' is sweeping the globe. London is a city in crisis. Hospitals begin to fill with the dead and dying, but Stevie Flint is convinced that the sudden death of her boyfriend Dr Simon Sharkey was not from natural causes. As roads out of London become gridlocked with people fleeing infection, Stevie's search for Simon's killers takes her in the opposite direction, into the depths of the dying city and a race with death.

A Lovely Way to Burn is the first outbreak in the Plague Times trilogy. Chilling, tense and completely compelling, it's Louise Welsh writing at the height of her powers.

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ISBN10 184854653X
ISBN13 9781848546530
Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 20 March 2014)
Publish Status Active
Publish Country GB
Publisher John Murray Press
Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd

Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
Pages 368
Language English

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The premise and setting of this dystopian thriller were good. We're thrust into London in the midst of a plague. Unfortunately, there were a number of factors that prevented it from reaching its full potential. In some parts, the plot moves quickly, even erratically, while in others, there is too much detail and constant repetition. I find most novels over two hundred or so pages to be too long, and this one is no exception. The story could have been told more effectively with fewer words and more sophisticated writing. The constant alternation between "she" and "Stevie" when there was nobody else in the scene is one example of this. OK, her name's Stevie, I get it. The other big problem for me is the importance of the main character, which comes out later in the story. It just wasn't credible. 2.5 stars.