Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Firefly Lane

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Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

49 reviews

hollabills8's review against another edition

3.75

this book took me a while to get through and I think its just because it felt too real for me. Winter Garden by KH also had the same problem, it was too real-life sad and I couldn't finish it. This one didn't get extremely sad until the very end. I think it was expertly written and I cared so deeply about the characters, but too much so that it filled me with such dread. The whole Johnny thing, though what a beautiful ending was rough to read about same with the mother daughter fighting. it made me very grateful for my mom. The ending was so tragic it had me in my bikini crying in the sun but it did seem like the right thing to do. A great book, full of love and pain.

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kjohnson09's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

This book was hard to read due to some triggers with SA and health concerns

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janecassar's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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weasley1912's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I didn't trust Tully the entire time. Also Kristen Hannah clearly had some personal feelings about wəəd. They just kept bringing up that she smokes so much pot and that's what she's addicted to pot. That's a very ignorant mindset. Wēēd doesn't make you act like Cloud. Hard drůgs like měth and hęrōịn do but not wẹėd. I really expected Johnny to sleep with Tully and that be why they fellout. I do not understand how Tully rationalized ambushing her on the show but that was extremely selfish.

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zoedonn's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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caseywitman's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective 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: Yes

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leklund3721's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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

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cschend's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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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hannahrose_99's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5 is my gut rating right now! What a ride! Conflicting feelings about this one, because I was so pulled into the story, but I thought the writing wasn't the best? Which is maybe hypocritical, because I finished it so quickly; but the dialogue didn't hit for me in a lot of places, and I felt like the prose felt too naked for me. I just wanted more descriptions and moments of showing vs. telling! I think this is just because my favorite thing about the other KH book I've read was her beautiful descriptions of the setting.

That being said, this was a really beautiful look at love and long-term friendships. I did cry at the end, and it made me grateful I really appreciate my friendships out loud and am never afraid to tell someone exactly how much they mean to me. I actually don't think I liked either of these women very much; some things they did to each other, particularly two things from Tully, were so mean and immature lol. At times it was hard to feel touched by their particular friendship because I thought they deserved better from each other, but. Still glad I read it and I'm excited to discuss with Court! I always eat up a book that follows characters through the decades!

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jerlynhay's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

after much contemplation i’m giving this one bc i could not stand any of the characters, except for my girl kate. (she deserved so much better than what she got) also, i need to punch tully bad!!!!😮‍💨

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