Chasing Fire [Mass Market Paperback]

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Chasing Fire [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Details

Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Jove (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515150630
ISBN-13: 978-0515150636
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Nora Roberts (Author)
Price : $7.99

Customer Reviews

Well - I remember last year when Nora Robert's The Search came out there were several reviews complaining that it was an overly long dog training manual. At the time I thought it was kind of harsh because I LOVED the dogs and the descriptions of dog interaction.
This book, in a similar vein, is obviously heavily researched, this time in the topic of "Smoke Jumping." Much like The Search, there is a huge amount of information dump on the reader concerning the professional career of the main female character. The training, the equipment, fire after fire in various locations where they do things like stamp out spots and fight the head. I don't know about everybody else, but for me it made the book overly long and in parts tedious. For me the difference between this book and The Search is I like dogs. The subject matter here didn't interest me nearly as much. There were many points were I was just like "Yeah, Yeah jump out of the plane, more burning trees" click click click on the eReader next page button trying to get past it. Once, I almost missed a near death experience because of it.
The good part. I really liked both the main characters in this novel, in spite of their really odd names. Rowan is smart, independent and strong and she isn't afraid to be in charge. Gull is tough, intelligent, well read and between the two there is a banter of word play that is quite amusing to read. I wish that would could have had about 50% less forest fire education and much more relationship between the two because they were just the type of characters that you like to read. There is also a nice secondary romance in the book between Rowan's father and a local school Principal.
Since this is Nora Robert's annual "Suspense" novel there is a murder mystery involved in the story with the attendant danger not only to Rowan, but also to all of her co-workers. I felt that the resolution of mystery was fairly mundane given that nearly every other potential suspect was eliminated throughout the book by various characters standing around saying: "Wow! I really don't think he/she could have done that because ......."
So overall, more than a little draggy in places but certainly worth the time spent reading.
It seems like we have another Kindle Price controversy brewing so I'll just add my 2cents. Kindle.Price.Way.Too.High.

Amazon, I have 3 Kindles in my family. One of the reasons I bought the Kindle was for the convenience. The other, the price of the books. I'm on notice right now that I WILL NOT EVER PAY $15 for an ebook. You just lost a sale. I, too, will go to the library and pick up the book and in the sweet by-and-by, when the price goes down to where it should be for an ebook, I'll pay the $7.99 for it. I'm sure this is a great book. I love Nora Roberts. But no author is worth $15 for an ebook. My 2 cents' worth.