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Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

68 reviews

maddiet425's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

marybsimp's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol

maddie_1999's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Minor: War

ritanevescunha's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War

katherinereadsbooks1's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault, War

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a coming of age story about two best friends spanning from the 70s into the early millennium. 
Tully is the beautiful, ambitious, career driven, outspoken one and Kate is the understated, self conscious, motherly one. Each of them looks at the other’s life with envy of the things they don’t have. For Tully, that’s a family who loves her unconditionally. And Kate wishes for Tully’s boundless freedom. 
TullyandKate pull each other through everything from boys and fashion to heartbreak and sickness. 
I have always been a fan of Kristin Hannah’s writing and this was certainly no different. I cried my way through this book! Just when I thought I had been wrecked for the last time something else happened. 
I loved the characters- I related to Kate so much! She is just a girl trying to stay afloat. 
TW: rape, terminal illness, critical injury, some usage of the f word

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, War

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content

Minor: Physical abuse

lostpaperbacks's review

4.25

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape

soobooksalot's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Aaack! Why do we keep handing our hearts over to Kristin Hannah for the breaking? 
 I'm probably late to the Firefly Lane world. I haven't watched the Netflix version so went in a bit blind and so glad I did.
 I'm sure no one needs a summary, other than this is the story of "TullyandKate" spanning a thirty-year friendship. 
 From their meeting as teens in the 70s, through to their adult lives on very different paths, readers are taken from heartwarming to heartbreaking and back again.
 It's a story for anyone who has ever experienced love, loss, the difficult dynamics between friends, mothers and daughters, and one's self against the world's expectations.
 Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

tctimlin's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Pregnancy

rysreadingcorner's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have never cried so much from a book. Please make sure you are in the right mindset when you are going into this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol