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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
I enjoyed Firefly Lane, so I was excited to read Fly Away, the sequel. A quick review would be to say that most of it depressed me so much that I just wanted it to be over, but I did like the last 25%. There was a lot of repetition. I get that the author was trying to approach the same scene from many different viewpoints, but because I was already depressed by it, it didn't work so well for me.
Aside from the ending, the best part of this book was getting to learn Cloud's (Dorothy's) story. Getting to know her explained why she was never able to be a mother to Tully. A lot of the story was a disappointment, but this part helped tie a lot of things together. Dorothy reading Tully's book and letters to her was just as touching as Marah reading her Mom's journal to Tully while she was in a coma, but it seemed like it took so long to get these scenes.
I didn't like Marah's character any better in this book. Maybe it's because I lost my own Mom to cancer when I was 11 years old and had to deal with struggles beyond that and still managed to act like a better human being. Marah had family who loved her and her Dad was putting her through college, yet she still ran away, dropped out of college, turned to drugs, and proceeded to hurt Tully after she tried to help her. Grief does different things to different people, but I still think she was a brat.
There were things to like about this book, but mostly I was just glad for it to end. I prefer my stories to be a little more uplifting.
Aside from the ending, the best part of this book was getting to learn Cloud's (Dorothy's) story. Getting to know her explained why she was never able to be a mother to Tully. A lot of the story was a disappointment, but this part helped tie a lot of things together. Dorothy reading Tully's book and letters to her was just as touching as Marah reading her Mom's journal to Tully while she was in a coma, but it seemed like it took so long to get these scenes.
I didn't like Marah's character any better in this book. Maybe it's because I lost my own Mom to cancer when I was 11 years old and had to deal with struggles beyond that and still managed to act like a better human being. Marah had family who loved her and her Dad was putting her through college, yet she still ran away, dropped out of college, turned to drugs, and proceeded to hurt Tully after she tried to help her. Grief does different things to different people, but I still think she was a brat.
There were things to like about this book, but mostly I was just glad for it to end. I prefer my stories to be a little more uplifting.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Oh my god. I read Firefly Lane in about 2 days. I finished this in a total of maybe 6 or 7 hours. These two books mean so much to me. While there were times that I almost wished KH had left things hopeful and open ended as they were at the end of Firefly Lane, the character explorations and portrayal of grief was exceptional and worth it. I did find some of the more spiritual elements (what it’s like to be in a coma, communicating with the dead) a bit jarring, just because they were so different from Firefly Lane, but I still feel the book was incredibly effective. It was hard to read at times, because a lot of my own experiences with loss were reflected in sharply accurate detail, but I think that’s what made this so powerful. These stories are staying in my heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, War
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was the closure I needed from Firefly Lane. I really loved that we learned Cloud's story. My favorite part was the friendship development between Margie and Cloud. What a strong and silent force Margie was in everyones lives❤️
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked revisiting the characters from Firefly Lane. However, I didn't like some of the ways the story came through - in big chunks of information for one character without much interweaving of other stories. Overall, I enjoyed it and always love Kristin Hannah's work!
This book was a huge let down after the first one not going to lie about that. I hated the way that this book was written with different perspectives going back and forth, also making Tully like an angel looking over her body and talking to Kate so we could still get Kate in this book but in a weird way. I get that their grief was too much for Tully and Marah. But making Marah leave her family and start cutting was way too far. Like she went over the top on her and made her run away with the most horrible boy. As someone that regularly dyes my hair fashion colors making her have pink hair and piercings of course made her a "bad girl" mkay Kristin. I can see that Tully went to the booze and pills, but taking away her career was also too far. And then her not able to get a job at all is ridiculous, like that woman started a lot of people's careers and had a lot of jobs and she's unable to land anything after leaving to help her friend... whatever. I just did not enjoy this book as much as I liked the first, never reading again.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars - I love when authors are able to continue stories from previous books. This was a great sequel to KateandTully’s stories in Firefly Lane. As always, I really liked how the story brought very different women from different generations together. I found the main plot line dragged unnecessarily at times, and there were some otherworldly pieces that felt disconnected and unnecessary. But the three main characters were rich and complex and their stories were believable. A good long weekend read!
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No