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The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery

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few weeks ago
This book was not all that great but I have to think about the audience that the book was geared toward.
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few weeks ago
Book one in the Sally Lockhart trilogy "Her name was Sally Lockhart and within 15 minutes she was going to kill a man." With a first line like that, you know it's gotta be a page turner. Sally Lockhart is a young girl coming of age in Victorian England. Her father has recently been killed in a shipwreck and she gets drawn into a web of intrigue and danger as she investigates...more
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few weeks ago
It was light and engaging, with some clever phrasings of words.
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few weeks ago
A fun and quick read, and nice to see a smart, strong female character at the helm. Unfortunately, nowhere near as good as his "Dark Materials" trilogy which is three tiers above this enjoyable fluff.
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few weeks ago
Philip Pullman is a terrible writer.
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few weeks ago
it was okay, but I have to say, that i prefered much more HIS DARK MATERIAL. it was good though.(28)
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few weeks ago
Great! I want to read the others in the series.
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few weeks ago
i cannot believe they made this into a drama, the plot and whole story were pathetic. was dissapointed.
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Bec
few weeks ago
Yes - a really good read, I must say. Looking forward to the sequels and his dark materials too.
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few weeks ago
Bizarrely, I read this book when I was ten and had never heard of Philip Pullman. It took me a long time, reading it when I was eighteen, to realise it was the same book. Yet I really enjoyed it both times - more the second, because the darkness and adult world Pullman employs was more relatable. He is a magnificent story-teller whose works steam along, carrying you with it, until the always...more
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