#BlogTour: Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton @VikingBooksUK @Rosamundlupton @EllieeHud #ThreeHoursNovel #RosamundLupton

Book Synopsis:

THREE HOURS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sister comes an electrifying, pulse-racing new novel that takes us deep into the heart of what it means to be human

‘Superb’ Kate Mosse
‘ASTONISHING. Powerful, terrifying, heartbreaking’ Emma Flint
‘One of the most exhilarating reading experiences I’ve ever had’ Emma Healey
‘A stunner of a book. Staggeringly good’ Jane Fallon
‘SO gripping, intelligent, timely, affecting and moving’ Marian Keyes

Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.

It is a morning’s lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.

It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.

It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.

In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. From the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.

Three Hours is published on the 9th January 2020 in hardback and ebook. You can pre-order your copy using the link below.

My Review:

Three Hours is a tense, unique read which I will stay with me for a long time.

I was immediately drawn into the story and the situation the children find themselves in. The author’s writing made me feel like I was actually there watching everything unfold and hearing the chilling footsteps of the gunman pacing the floor. I found myself wondering how I would react and what I would have done differently. It is obvious very early on that the gunman are completely in control of the situation and have timed certain things to happen at certain times which made the characters seem like pawns in their game and adds to the chilling aspect of the story.

The story is told from multiple points of view which makes for very interesting reading as we discover how the different groups are dealing with the situation. This also gives us a chance to get to know the characters more and find out what is happening in their lives. There are some amazing characters in this book whose bravery and selflessness brought a year to my eye. It was very emotional watching everyone trying to put each others first.

Events in this book do unfold slowly but I found this actually added to the tension in the story as I felt on high alert waiting for something to happen and wondering what it might be. The reader is able to see the whole picture of what is happening in each part of the school, sometimes finding things out before the others which made the book hard to out down as I wanted to know what would happen. I often found myself shouting at the characters in my head when I felt they should have done something differently which shows just how involved I was in the story.

I’ve read every book this author has written and in my opinion she keeps getting better and better. I think this book would make a great book club read as there is lots to discuss.

Huge thanks to Ellie from Penguin Random House for inviting me into the blog tour and for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

ROSAMUND LUPTON’s new novel “Three Hours’ is published 9th January 2020.

Her debut novel ‘Sister’, was a BBC Radio 4 “Book at Bedtime”, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, winner of the Strand Magazine critics award and the Richard and Judy Bookclub Readers’ Choice Award. Her next two books ‘Afterwards’ and ‘The Quality of Silence’ were Sunday Times bestsellers. Her books have been published in over thirty languages.