One Good Turn
A Queer Historical Fantasy

In this second of the Jackson Brodie series, Kate Atkinson’s writing once again brings a fascinating cast of characters to our attention in a plot that has hidden links and connections on all fronts. I like how we discover so much about the characters in this novel. If there is more, beyond the usua......more

it took me long enough to finish this one, which says a lot. i'm the person who will willingly give up sleep, food, social interaction and general human-like activities to read a good book. i really liked kate atkinson's case histories. it's been awhile since i read it, but it left enough of an impr......more

Jackson Brodie Book 2: With the Edinburgh festival in the background, Atkinson takes a road rage incident as the starting point for numerous individual stories (each chapter from the point of view of one of the cast) that start to come together and centre around the main story of the collapse of a p......more

5★ “Somehow it seemed unlikely it was a coincidence. What had Jackson said? A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen.” Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite writers, and the quote above describes the nature of her Jackson Brodie mysteries. There are seemingly random incidents and events i......more

I am tempted to write this review as "nah," and leave it at that, but I want to do better by it. I am rating this really low! Surprisingly low. I don't hate this author. This isn't terrible writing. (Possibly, it is rather better writing than the Tana French book I just finished; at least nobody is d......more