Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

44 reviews

ellacat11's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Suicide, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

kriskelly's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.75

Absolutely adore this book, but don’t go into it thinking its a romance - i’d argue its more fiction as you follow the journey of the main character more than the romance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Addiction

cedardleland's review

dark emotional medium-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? No

1.0

Given the subject matter of the book, I was surprised how graphically horrible all of the practical jokes are in this book that we're supposed to think are endearing. Like a coworker asking the MC out of the blue to screw when he knows she's panicking and therefore might be trickable, with all of her other coworkers including her boss watching ready to laugh at her for taking too long to refuse. That's how the book opens, and then the next thing is sexual assault, and I really feel like the author doesn't understand that the first thing is actually workplace sexual harassment being enabled by the power structure over the MC, but she things beating someone unconscious is appropriate as soon as touching is involved. But then there's all these "pranks" when she's working that are also assault, just not sexual assault and those are also supposed to be fun and fine. Very uncomfortably mixed messages for me around consent, which undermined the core message of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Addiction, Abandonment, Cancer, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

marianic's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Addiction

kimib79's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

2.75

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator sounded like either Holly Hunter or Jodie Foster. I found it unpleasant, but that's a me issue. I didn't care for the excessive cussing either. All in all, Hello Stranger was MUCH better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Addiction, Cursing, Rape, Sexism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Suicide attempt

macchiatojen's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime, Rape, and Suicide attempt

this book mentions an incident of sexual assault and rape

marchessaultd's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexism, Cursing, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Grief, Rape, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

All these topics are touched on but not in graphic detail. The book truly just focuses on a woman pushing through her grief.

nikmahie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

This book has it all. Absolutely enjoyed reading it. Love, family, friendship, hope… but also grief, betrayal, trauma. 

Very easy written. Couldn’t lay it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual assault, Stalking, Terminal illness, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Abandonment, Sexism, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide attempt

kerryamchugh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.25

A thoughtful contemporary romance-ish about a female firefighter who is both a total badass and afraid of her own emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

khummel32's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction