Right book, right time I think. I really liked all of the characters in this one.

I received an advanced e-copy of this book through Penguin's First to Read. This was Avery interesting book. I was a self-absorbed American teenager when the events in the book took place. I don't remember hearing about the assassination attempt on Maggie Thatcher. This book was very interesting as it looked at the lives of fictional characters in and around the Grand Hotel in Brighton where the bomb was detonated. I found the characters intriguing. Interesting book and glad I read it.

Enjoyed this quite a bit. Great character development. Poignant.

Another book I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have picked up if not for the Tournament of Books. Lee starts with an historical event, one I didn't know anything about really, and fictionalizes the characters caught up in it. This could have gone terribly wrong, I think, but instead is really well done.

Beautiful character sketch with a long slow plot. Really well written and the characters are deeply sympathetic, but the book drags especially near the end. I love Freya though.

ToB 2017 pick.

I generally like novels about past events I didn't have much prior knowledge of--it's a chance to learn and explore how any person can shape history, and dig into the ways that everyday lives are disrupted by historic catastrophes and triumphs. I went in eager to learn more about this specific bombing, but the characters were so one-dimensional, it was hard to get invested.

I listened to this one. Couldn't wait to get to a day I would be in the car long enough to listen to it. The ending was riveting.