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Fly Away by Kristin Hannah

16 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Somehow better than the first book.

I can't say I like the way Paxton was handled, as sometimes it seemed like the author believed his goth look to be as big of an issue as his abusive behaviours, and simply part of the problem, which I disagree with. But I liked the way she wrote depression and anxiety, and the nuanced way they were represented in Tully and Mara. The most interesting part was Dorothy's past. I simply couldn't stop reading once I got to that part. I would watch a whole spin off movie about what she went through. I loved the Netflix adaptation, but wow I'm disappointed by the way they handled her return. This was infinitely better. It's understandable cause of the time restraints of shows, but it still hurts to see such a major part missing. Hannah did an incredible job at humanising her. And I loved the ending. All the little details, so masterfully crafted. A rollercoaster of a story. And I wish we would have seen more of Raphael! He was so charming and my heart broke at his death. I felt so bad for Dorothy and him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Medical content, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Terminal illness

Minor: Antisemitism and Vomit

sarah_amy's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

2.5

Love Kristin Hannah's writing and found it as easy to connect to the characters again as I did in Firefly Lane. However, this felt like an unnecessary sequel. Felt like it was mostly about grief after the events from the previous story and the other main event was dragged out. I wish there were a few more new faces that we got to know and more that happened outside of the grief. Did enjoy the character development of Cloud/Dorothy though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Love Kristin Hannah's writing and found it as easy to connect to the characters again as I did in Firefly Lane. However, this felt like an unnecessary sequel. Felt like it was mostly about grief after the events from the previous story and the other main event was dragged out. I wish there were a few more new faces that we got to know and more that happened outside of the grief. Did enjoy the character development of Cloud/Dorothy though.

courtneym93's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Self harm, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

valeo's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

I have no more tears to cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Had goosebumps at the end, but it took a long time to get there. Full of too much trauma, so it was hard to focus on the characters and have empathy for them, let alone sympathy. Also, coma characters and their dream lives are one of my least favorite tropes. Firefly Lane was so great, and this one as a sequel, disappointed, as sequels often do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, War, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, and Pedophilia

bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Suicide attempt, and War

kwheeler12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I LOVED FIREFLY LANE!! Loved it!! So when I found out there was a book two… I’m not kidding you I ran to Barnes and noble. Overall I gave this book a 4 mostly because it really made me feel something. Both good and bad.. I think I definitely had to put it down a few times due to feeling sick there were also times when I couldn’t put it down because I HAD TO KNOW what was going to happen next… great book! Would recommend the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Cursing, Body horror, Cancer, and Death

jnlundy's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

forthe_girlwhowaited's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Self harm, Cancer, and Child abuse

ccollins's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Pregnancy, Drug use, Rape, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt