Bonfire, by Kristen Ritter So, this is a great little thriller/mystery. It’s also a quick read, I think it took me three days or so. Abby Williams is an environmental lawyer. It is in this professional capacity that she returns to her hometown of Barren, IL even though she has had no desire to in the ten years since she left. The water in town is bad and her group is trying to find out if the local, town supporting factory is responsible. While trying […]
I want more Jessica Jones in my life…
Krysten Ritter’s debut novel Bonfire is really just okay. Don’t get me wrong, Ritter can write, but throughout my reading of Bonfire, I kept having the feeling that I’d read this story before. The main character, Abby, is an environmental activist slash lawyer who has returned to the small nothing of a town where she grew up. She is there to prove that the one corporation in town, Optimal Plastics, has been corrupting the opinions and perspectives of residents by providing them with jobs, donating to the […]
Actress, knitter, author. Is there anything she can’t do?
I’m a big fan of Krysten Ritter. I love her as Jessica Jones. She was a fun addition to Veronica Mars. She killed it as the B in Apartment 23. And she broke my heart on Breaking Bad. And now, she’s written her first novel **, a mysterious thriller that proves she’s an author to look out for in the future. Bonfire tells the story of Abby, a tough environmental lawyer at a big Chicago firm, who is sent to the small (AND TERRIBLE) town […]