Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Things You Save in a Fire

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Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

108 reviews

kaylarust94's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

What I really enjoy about Katherine Center’s books are how they can be both cute and rom-com-y (Is that a word? I’m making it a word if it isn’t.) while also talking on some really serious and important topics. I specifically appreciated the themes of forgiveness - self and others - as well as the realities of many women. Definitely check trigger warning for this - not that anything is explicit but certain things are discussed, but I did think the topic was written about well and in a way that would generate conversation and awareness which I appreciated. I had fun! I also felt emotional. It was a positive experience reading this book.

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gena10's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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sarahangeline's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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ellacat11's review

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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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kriskelly's review

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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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hannahnthomas's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

A really hopeful, beautiful & unputdownable read about forgiveness, courage and relationships. I loved the premise of the book and the strength of the main character.

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cedardleland's review

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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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