Places in the Darkness

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

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I managed only 10 hours and 30 minutes in the #20in4 readathon but I did finish a couple of books off my TBR stack. This first sci-fi novel from mystery writer Brookmyre is a good page-turning mix of the genres.

Thanks @Andrew65 for hosting another excellent readathon!

Andrew65 Brilliant, thanks for playing along. 👏👏👏🙌🥳🥳🍾🥂😍 3y

rabbitprincess Loved this one! 3y

kwmg40 @Andrew65 Thanks! I always enjoy these readathons.

@rabbitprincess I hope Brookmyre writes more sci-fi! 3y

Andrew65 Need to try this book. 3y

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IReadThereforeIBlog

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

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Chris Brookmyre‘s standalone novel is a clever mix of SF and hard boiled noir with a setting akin to the Western frontier and strong pacing. The world building is great, bringing in tech, politics, economics and social commentary and I liked the different factions at play with their respective agendas but Freeman and Blake felt a bit stock at times and some of the emotional revelations in the final quarter weren‘t earned.

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Mandoul

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

Hope the week has started well for everyone. I had some Monday luck, picking up this bargain on the way home.

Brookmyre is one of my favourite authors, and this book has been on my wish list for a while. Looking forward to getting stuck in!

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Bookish_AF

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

I‘ve been working a LOT of overtime but still reading when I can! Here‘s some #currentreads

Backwards book is my May #readersgonnaread and I‘m not actually reading the monstrous physical copy of 11/22/63 but listening to the audio from the library. I‘ve wanted to re-read it for a while!

Background scenery = mystery tree thing off the back porch. It blooms for like 2 weeks only in the spring and I don‘t know what it is!!??

BiblioLitten 💜 gorgeous 6y

stacybmartin Maybe a rhododendron? Whatever it is, it‘s absolutely beautiful! 💜 6y

Bookish_AF That‘s what my mom thinks it might be too. I know nothing about plants! It just has green leaves most of the year and I didn‘t even know it bloomed until last spring (our first spring here) and it blooms so briefly! I wish it stayed like this longer ! @stacybmartin 6y

stacybmartin @whippoorwill815 so many of the pretty flowers bloom for such a short time! It‘s so pretty while it lasts though. 6y

Nerdfins It's pretty that's what it is :D 5y

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Ycart85

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

so-so

Took a while to get into, really enjoyed the middle and then a predictable ending. All in all I‘m glad I read it but as I find with a lot of books, the ending disappoints.

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deirdrebeecher

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It's not perfect, there was a major plot point which I guessed early and so fell flat when it arrived. It's written in present tense, which I found very jarring in places.

But I was sucked into the story nonetheless, mainly because he created two interesting female characters with strong arc's. It ramped up to a very successful ending. This would be a good one for Richard Morgan sci fi fans.

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Ycart85

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre

Giving some Sci-fi a try 🌍🌌🤞🏻

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rabbitprincess

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Really enjoyed this book. So many big questions tackled, a well-thought-out world, and an opening chapter that is so quintessential Brookmyre that I laughed out loud and applauded 😂

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rabbitprincess

Places in the Darkness | Chris Brookmyre