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Fire by Kristin Cashore

28 reviews

kukazashi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Torture, and Rape

el_wheel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and War

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Bullying

summerlinthao's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Rape, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Abortion, Blood, and War

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Again, love the characters and the world-building! I could hardly put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, Infertility, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Animal death, Alcohol, Confinement, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Classism, and Sexual violence

vagaybond's review against another edition

adventurous dark

3.0

I had a hard time following it. It felt like the political intrigue and pacing in general ramped up a lot near the end and was very sudden, whereas the beginning was slow. I love this series to bits and this was very well done as usual, but I definitely preferred all the other books in the series more.

I also felt extremely gross at the age gap relationships with the teenage girls getting pregnant by an adult man. If these were shamed in the plot that would be one thing, but they are not. The older man is seen as loved and sympathetic and he is martyred.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: War

Minor: Abortion

There is a character who is intentionally cruel to animals for "fun" and who manipulates people into believing they enjoy it and it's "just a game"

The protagonist kills her father and makes it look like a suicide. Her father killed her mother. Her father was extremely cruel and controlling of other people's minds.

There are several relationships with noted age gaps between teenage girls and older men, and this is seen as normal and fine. The teenage girls end up pregnant.

tea_27's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Grief, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Child abuse

imds's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, and Trafficking

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Minor: War, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Sexual assault

ksykes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

my favourite favourite book of all time ♥️

every time I read this book I am just reminded of Cashore’s insane ability to remove my heart from my chest, expose it to all the beauty and sadness in the world, and gently put it back wrapped in love and light and hope. 

I just love this book so much and if you want to dissect it or discuss its problems I do not want to hear a bit of it; all I’ve got is love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Animal death, Violence, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, and Hate crime

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.25

If you’re interested in reading about periods (through Fire’s pov) and pregnancy (through side characters) in fantasy, Fire is for you.

What I liked:
-The fact that we get to see more of Leck’s backstory
-the physical disabilities and chronic illness representation
-Fire’s passion for music
-Fire and Brigin’s fondness for horses 
-The message that people are complex, not just good or evil
-Women are able to take birth control/pregnancy prevention herbs, and even abortion herbs as well. I liked that women were allowed to have this control. 
-We get introduced to many characters, yet they were all fleshed out well. 

Fire longs to be a mother, and grieves over the fact that she cannot due to the circumstances. I could not relate at all, but I do like how she bonds with children. I feel like sometimes our society assumes childless people hate children, which may be true for some but not all. 

What I wasn’t a fan of:
-The slow pace
-Because Fire is an alluring human monster, she very frequently has to fight off unwanted sexual advances. This is the disturbing reality that many women have to face, but it made the book so bleak. The war, with all the death and injuries, was also a sobering factor. It is mentioned a few times that one character released a prisoner to rape someone’s wife. 
-Fire’s powers are very similar to Leck’s Grace. I guess it could be to show how two people with similar abilities can be different? It just didn’t hit for me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Suicide