When Will There be Good News? - Kate Atkinson Reviews

This novel was chosen by a friend at book club recently, as she had heard Kate Atkinson speaking about it during the Hay-on-Wye festival. The book is something of an ensemble piece, where Kate Atkinson follows the lives of a group of disparate people, whose fates are intertwined through a few key events in the novel. The ...  Read the complete review

This book was a bit of a double-edged sword to me. Bits I really liked and bits I pretty much didn't. What I did enjoy was some of the characters and also the winding plot that came quite nicely together at the end. What I didn't like was the author's often rambling chick-lit style and overuse of ironic "speech marks" at the beginning ...  Read the complete review

I am a massive fan of Kate Atkinson and having read the first 2 Jackson Brodie novels, I was expecting great things from this. I was not disappointed. Jackson is an ex-police officer who turned private investigator and is a hackneyed, cynical but strangely likeable scottish chap who does not always have the best luck in life. He finds ...  Read the complete review

Please read Case Histories and One Good Turn before reading When Will There Be Good News? The latter is the third in a series of crime novels from the great Kate Atkinson. Jackson Brodie is the character that the three novels centre around. The book begins with a man attacking a family that he does not know and killing several members ...  Read the complete review

A third outing for Kate Atkinson's ex policeman-turned private eye Jackson Brodie who continues to be both the unluckiest and luckiest character and immensely likeable. I have read the trilogy in order as recommended and I would pass on the same advice as even though I'm sure you would be able to follow the plot and enjoy the story I think its ...  Read the complete review

I recently read "Case Histories" by Kate Atkinson and really enjoyed it so had hoped to read "One Good Turn" next, which follows on from "Case Histories". However I managed to get a copy of "When Will There Be Good News?" first, which follows on from "One Good Turn" so I've missed a step between ...  Read the complete review