Three Hours

the parallels drawn to another literary work cheapened the plot and the gritty reality of the story for me. i also went in thinking this would be a quick but impactful read, however it took a while to push through. this is an extremely heavy book!! it is NOT a thriller like it is marketed as. 

And here you have a book I didn't give much hope to: after We need to talk about Kevin, it seems nobody will ever have the same flair. But Rosamund Lupton does a fine job of keeping us in our toes, while bringing up a touch of the American reality few people seem to understand. It kept me guessing, cheering and thinking after I was done - much more than I expected when I picked it up.