The Smoke Jumper
Written by Nicholas Evans
Narrated by Luke Perry
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
He returned to enthrall his fans all across the world with his second triumph, The Loop, proving that here was a master storyteller of enduring power and appeal.
Now the acclaimed author delivers a searing new novel of love and loyalty, of guilt and of honor. In a story set against the epic backdrop of wilderness firefighting and frontline photojournalism, he gives his millions of readers another hero...The Smoke Jumper.
In The Smoke Jumper, Nicholas Evans delivers his most powerful novel to date, a story of two best friends and the woman they both love. When a terrible mountain fire forces her to choose between them, all three lives are changed forever. Here, Evans explores the territory her has carved out as his own: raw but complex emotion set against a vast landscape. Writing unflinchingly about the yearnings of the human heart and the painful quest for self-discovery, he gives us here a story of three fine people forced to walk the flames of passion and guilt and to make the devastating choice between love and honor.
The Smoke Jumper combines pulse-pounding suspense with an unforgettable love story that his readers all over the world will avidly embrace.
From the Hardcover edition.
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Evans is a Research Fellow on the Leverhulme Trust funded Comparative Kingship: the Early Medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland project at the University of Aberdeen. He is a historian whose research and teaching have focussed on the medieval Celtic-speaking societies of Britain and Ireland. He is the author of The Present and the Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles (Boydell Press, 2010), A Historical Introduction to the Northern Picts (Aberdeen University/Tarbat Discovery Centre, 2014) and co-author of King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce (Birlinn 2019).
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Reviews for The Smoke Jumper
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely loved this book!!! It is now one of my favorites! This story is so good and heartbreaking and I was sorry to finish it. It's one of those books you read, then start another one and it just doesn't stack up to what you just read. It stays with you long after you've finished it. Would definitely recommend this book!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mixed response. The first section was interesting, because I learned about firefighting and each of the main characters had work they were passionate about. The romantic triangle was obvious, however. The second section was more staid, full of guilt and noble responsibility. The third section, mainly in Africa, was stretching plausibility quite a bit as the characters go through adventure to realize what has true value in their lives, and reunite. I did briefly enjoy the interchange of Connor with the Bantu guide, as it brought back memories of Laurens Van der Post's novels of the bushmen (and which may have been the inspiration for Evans here). Running the Rift gave a more gut-level knowledge of an intertribal genocidal war in Africa.Nothing in the book to motivate me to give it shelf space, but I'm not sorry I read it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I would have rated the Smoke Jumper 5 of 5 expect that parts of the book still leave you feeling broken hearted. I still feel like I could cry for these fictional characters, which is good and bad.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I enjoyed a lot about this book and disliked it just as much. Some interesting commentary about 'Smoke Jumping' and 'Ethnic Cleansing' but felt it went on WAY too long and had a completely wacky, unrealistic ending. Too soupy, as well, for my tastes.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this book stole my heart, it had so much happening in it, i just couldnt wait to turn the page and find out what happens,this story take's you thru alot of emotions, i will say i cryed at some parts (and i dont cry easy!), this is one of the great books that will stay on my book shelf.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The descriptions of Montana, Africa and the act of smoke jumping helped draw the reader into the story. An accident during a fire changes the lives of the three main characters sending their lives into a tailspin and making a very complex love triangle.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This adventure is by the same author as The Horse Whisperer and The Loop.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Three friends are connected by one summer’s events on a Montana mountain. Ed Tully and Connor Ford are smoke jumpers who both love the same woman. Julia is a social worker who is taking a group of “at risk” teens on a several day hike in the wilderness in an effort to rehabilitate them. When the draught-stricken forest is hit by lightning, the smoke jumpers have to come to the rescue.
You know where this is headed, don’t you? There will be tragedy, lots of guilt, miscommunication, silent (but very meaningful) looks. People behave stupidly and take unnecessary risks … not just with their own lives but with children’s lives. And of course, true love will win out.
Just unbelievable claptrap.
Actually I was pretty interested in the beginning and wish that Evans had found a way to explore the smoke jumpers, and the at-risk kids. But that ends on page 166 and then parts two and three get progressively more soap opera ridiculous. I rolled my eyes so much I made myself dizzy. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Dropped. Good story, but the writing was predictable, and dragged on.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hot fire fighters, a love triangle, and Montana. I’ve never read a book with quite this mix before, but it worked in it’s own way. Even though some parts seemed a bit far fetched, I couldn’t stop reading. If there was a “made for TV” genre of books, this would fit right in.