A Slow Fire Burning
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- Author：Paula Hawkins
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Summary
When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat， it triggers questions about three women who knew him。 Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home。 Carla is his grief-stricken aunt， already mourning the recent death of yet another family member。 And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police。 Three women with separate connections to the victim。 Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment。 Who are， whether they know it or not， burning to right the wrongs done to them。 When it comes to revenge， even good people might be capable of terrible deeds。 How far might any one of them go to find peace？ How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame？
Look what you started。
Look what you started。
Reviews
Loris P
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Non è riuscita a cogliere a pieno la mia curiosità 。。。
Angie Wetzel
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In Hawkins fashion， you are suspicious of everyone throughout the book。 This one reveals itself sooner than her other books， but it’s still a fun read。 I prefer Into the Water from the three books of hers I’ve read。
Chris
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I also had a hard time getting thru this， but I did。 :-（ This Summary/Review was copied from other sources and is used only as a reminder of what the book was about for my personal interest。 Any Personal Notations are for my recollection only。**We start in this book at the ending and follow through the back stories of all of the characters， switching back and forth also through various timelines。 Then we also have a “book within a book” The main cast of characters:Theo Myerson and his wife C I also had a hard time getting thru this， but I did。 :-（ This Summary/Review was copied from other sources and is used only as a reminder of what the book was about for my personal interest。 Any Personal Notations are for my recollection only。**We start in this book at the ending and follow through the back stories of all of the characters， switching back and forth also through various timelines。 Then we also have a “book within a book” The main cast of characters:Theo Myerson and his wife Carla， who had the start of an incredible marriage， until their young son Ben died accidentally at only 3 years of age。 They are both hiding enough secrets to bury any average human being。 You may think you know their secrets， BUT JUST WAIT UNTIL THE ENDING！！！！！！！！！！Laura is a poor young soul。 She was in a horrific accident at the age of ten which left her with some brain damage， causing all kinds of unacceptable and out of control incidents to occur。 She was also left with a terrible limp， all of which left her with a terrible self image。 Add to this a mother who is not supportive and a father who is emotionally absent and you have one troubled young woman。Miriam is a middle aged woman， living just several boats down from the boat where Daniel is brutally murdered。 She sees， hears and knows a lot。 She also has a vendetta against at least one of the characters。Angela is Carla’s sister， living a lonely and unhappy life。 She lived with her son Daniel until recent years when Daniel went to live on his own。 They had a caustic， unhealthy relationship。Daniel himself is hard to read。 We begin to learn more about him， his unhappy and caustic relationship with his mother， his aunt Carla and others， but don’t really understand him even at the end。This is a very cerebral mystery so I wouldn’t recommend reading this after several glasses of wine， or whatever unless you reason better this way！！ You will need to think， untangle story lines and understand this myriad cast of characters and convoluted。**the Plot is based on :Daniel， a thoroughly unpleasant twenty something， was stabbed to death on his canal boat， after a hook-up with Laura， a young petty criminal maimed in childhood by a motor car driven by her mother’s lover。 Laura serves as a volunteer caregiver for Irene， an eighty-year-old widow who lives next door to Angela， Daniel’s mother， an alcoholic who died in a fall。 Angela’s sister Carla had a three-year-old son who also died in a fall whilst Angela was supposed to be caring for him whilst she went to a business conference with her husband Theo， a novelist。" 。。。more
Annabelle
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I thought this was a great read， very twisty。
Kristen
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Enjoyable thriller， but I think the Miriam background story could probably have been cut down。 The multiple mentions of the challenging narrative/timeline structure in Theo’s book annoyed me once I realized that was the author’s structure as well。
McKenzie Weeks
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Didn’t love it。 Thought some of the writing was weird and hard to follow。 Too many characters with drama to keep up with。 Will give a different Hawkins book a try…
Brooke Che
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Entirely fine。 Nothing more or less。
Margaret Carmel
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Nope。 Don't do it。 A Slow Fire Burning is a giant mess of a book。 It follows a network of interconnected characters all centering around the murder of a young man， David Sutherland， on a house boat in London。 There's Laura， a woman with a history of mental illness who was at the scene the night before， his nosy neighbor Miriam and his aunt and uncle Theo and Carla who have a difficult relationship with his now-deceased mother after a childhood tragedy。 The book constantly jumps around in time， s Nope。 Don't do it。 A Slow Fire Burning is a giant mess of a book。 It follows a network of interconnected characters all centering around the murder of a young man， David Sutherland， on a house boat in London。 There's Laura， a woman with a history of mental illness who was at the scene the night before， his nosy neighbor Miriam and his aunt and uncle Theo and Carla who have a difficult relationship with his now-deceased mother after a childhood tragedy。 The book constantly jumps around in time， slowly building up towards how all of these characters are connected and revealing the depths of their issues， casting doubt on all of their stories。 This certainly sounds promising， and the start where you couldn't trust anyone in the narrative was intriguing， but。。。。。。by the middle of the book I found myself not caring for a single character here except for Laura and her elderly friend Irene。 Everyone else in the story was conniving， untrustworthy and felt distant from the narrator。 And by the time the story started picking up and the twists were revealed， it was a convoluted mess of motives， twists and all sorts of things that just felt irrelevant when you can't seem to find a single reason to give a damn about nearly any character。 This had a lot of promise if it had been structured differently， like with Laura as the only POV but。。。。that's not how it went。 *Spoiler*Also。。。。surprise incest is never great！ I just am not a fan！ I don't know why people do this！ 。。。more
Bookscrisri
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Bueno pues porfin he terminado el libroSeguramente si lo hubiera leído de continuo me habría gustado mucho másPero he pasado una mala racha con mucho parón lector y eso a influido en que no lo haya disfrutado tanto。。
Faye
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Listened on audio。 I know I’ll be in the minority but I liked this better than Girl on the Train （and also Into the Water）。 I struggled with both of her other books because somehow I always felt like I was in a fog while reading her books。 With Train I thought maybe it was a literary device to make you feel drunk （like the main character） but with the second book I still felt the same way。 This book didn’t have that problem for me thankfully。 This was a mystery but not a thriller because it’s to Listened on audio。 I know I’ll be in the minority but I liked this better than Girl on the Train （and also Into the Water）。 I struggled with both of her other books because somehow I always felt like I was in a fog while reading her books。 With Train I thought maybe it was a literary device to make you feel drunk （like the main character） but with the second book I still felt the same way。 This book didn’t have that problem for me thankfully。 This was a mystery but not a thriller because it’s too slow for that。 I like character driven books so I was definitely enjoying all the back stories throughout。 I loved the connection between Theo and Mariam with their books。 That was really intriguing to me and I thought it was well done - especially at the end。I didn’t predict how it would all pan out so that was a bonus too。 Recommend for people who are ok with violence and descriptions of blood （I almost couldn’t do it！） and for a more slow burn type of mystery。 。。。more
Laura
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Paula Hawkins é aquele fenómeno， e "Um Fogo Lento" é o seu terceiro livro。 Foi o primeiro que li da autora。。。 e estava à espera de mais。 Mais suspense， mais reviravoltas。 Até a revelação do assassino foi um bocado "morna"。 A história é complexa e a construção das personagens é boa， sem dúvida。 Mas sei lá。。。 estava à espera de mais。 Paula Hawkins é aquele fenómeno， e "Um Fogo Lento" é o seu terceiro livro。 Foi o primeiro que li da autora。。。 e estava à espera de mais。 Mais suspense， mais reviravoltas。 Até a revelação do assassino foi um bocado "morna"。 A história é complexa e a construção das personagens é boa， sem dúvida。 Mas sei lá。。。 estava à espera de mais。 。。。more
Stephanie Dahlberg
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This one just didn't hold my attention and life is too short。。。。esp at 77！ This one just didn't hold my attention and life is too short。。。。esp at 77！ 。。。more
Sarah
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Lots of surprising twists and turns。 Fine enough， but not my favorite。
Christine Galloway
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So sad。
Elizabeth
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DNF @ p。 143This is very boring。 I feel like Hawkins may have peaked with The Girl on the Train…。which was also her debut so that makes me feel like I can safely give up on her as an author and move on to other things。
Aimee Atkins
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Slow， no connection to the characters， really disappointing read。
Miriam
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Básicamente， este libro se distribuye en unas primeras páginas que narran el asesinato， casi 400 páginas en las que cuenta la historia personal de cada personaje （y de forma muy repetitiva centrada en los traumas de cada uno， de hecho） y 80 páginas escasas que descubren el final y precipita los hechos de forma atropellada。 Sí， ha habido algún que otro giro sorprendente como el móvil del crimen， pero desde lejos se veía al culpable desde la mitad del libro （y nunca acierto con eso， así que creo q Básicamente， este libro se distribuye en unas primeras páginas que narran el asesinato， casi 400 páginas en las que cuenta la historia personal de cada personaje （y de forma muy repetitiva centrada en los traumas de cada uno， de hecho） y 80 páginas escasas que descubren el final y precipita los hechos de forma atropellada。 Sí， ha habido algún que otro giro sorprendente como el móvil del crimen， pero desde lejos se veía al culpable desde la mitad del libro （y nunca acierto con eso， así que creo que es bastante obvio）。 También me ha recordado muchísimo a “La chica del tren”， libro que leí hace varios años y que me pareció decente， pero creo que esta segunda oportunidad a la autora ha sido un poco decepcionante。 También me ha recordado a las películas de la tarde del fin de semana， en resumen， nada especial。 Sinceramente， creo que hay libros mejores， y me duele decirlo porque siempre han aplaudido las críticas a esta autora y yo de verdad tenía más expectativas puestas en este libro tras tantos años sin leer nada de ella。 。。。more
Giovanna Cabral
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Muito bom！Varios suspenses e nao da vontade de parar de ler！ Detalhes se entrelacam muito bem。
Francesca Pohlman
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If I hadn't read The Girl on the Train first， I might have enjoyed this novel better。 The author seemed to lift certain characters from her other book and just give them different names。 The plot was similar， although maybe more predictable this time around。 I won't choose to read another book by Paula Hawkins。 I would like a fresh plot and set of characters。 If I hadn't read The Girl on the Train first， I might have enjoyed this novel better。 The author seemed to lift certain characters from her other book and just give them different names。 The plot was similar， although maybe more predictable this time around。 I won't choose to read another book by Paula Hawkins。 I would like a fresh plot and set of characters。 。。。more
Kaleb
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This one was a hard book to read， I’m very disappointed in this book。 It was very repetitive and it dragged。 It’s sad because I was really excited about this one， I m just glad that this wasn’t my first book of this author。
Joslin
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I was interested but not engrossed in this book。 The characters were well developed， I didn’t really understand the purpose of the book chapters inside the book and I’m kind of baffled by the ending。
Fred Kluss
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Quite slow and while there were a few twists at the end， I thought it to be a bit dull for my taste。
Barbara Gingras
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Fantastic read
Shani
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It took me a while to get into the story， but I really liked the characters。 I felt it was well written and interesting。
Anca
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Maybe I had too high hopes， given that I really enjoyed Girl on the Train， but this one was a bit disappointing。 The main storyline is pretty predictable， you guess early on that Daniel caused the death of Ben and that is the potential motive， thus you guess the killer。 I liked Laura's character and her back story with the accident and her parents not caring too much for her， though some things were farfetched。 Miriam's story on the other hand is not credible， why would Jeremy resurface and how Maybe I had too high hopes， given that I really enjoyed Girl on the Train， but this one was a bit disappointing。 The main storyline is pretty predictable， you guess early on that Daniel caused the death of Ben and that is the potential motive， thus you guess the killer。 I liked Laura's character and her back story with the accident and her parents not caring too much for her， though some things were farfetched。 Miriam's story on the other hand is not credible， why would Jeremy resurface and how come Miriam kills him？Carla was my favorite character， so I couldn't believe that she was prepared to run and leave Theo （whom he clearly loves） to pay for her crime。 All and all not the worst thriller ever and I did like it a bit more than Into the water， but I wouldn't give it more than 3 stars。 。。。more
Kate
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1。75
Donna
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Complicated tale of a man found murdered on a houseboat。 At the heart of the story are two sisters and their relationship after the toddler of one is found dead while in the care of the other。 Lots of red hearings and finger pointing。 If you love a mystery that make you think this book is for you。
Tracey
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The brutally murdered body of a man is discovered on a boat。 The suspect is a girl called Laura who was last seen leaving the boat with blood on her。 This starts the story off， dipping back into history and another story book about an abduction and murder。 I found the book light and easy to read
Katie
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Fast-paced。 Held my interest。 Only 4 stars because I didn’t love any of the characters （except Irene！） and the ending was meh。
Kayla Campbell
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Listened via audiobook and loved it！！ Characters were a little confusing at times， but overall loved it！
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