125 reviews for:

Heat and Light

Ellen van Neerven

3.88 AVERAGE

zippyyy's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mojostdennis's review against another edition

3.0

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read harder challenge 2019: read an #ownvoices book set in Oceania
popsugar challenge 2019: read an "own voices" book

I think I would have loved this if I was Australian, but I'm not. The stories were kind of hit-or-miss for me.

snoutling's review against another edition

4.0

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This is a 3 from me really, but I didn't want to bring the author's rating down because the book had some great characters and some great moments. Unfortunately it was too fragmented for me. It felt like many short stories stitched together, especially in the first and third parts.

maggie22's review against another edition

4.75

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this book is something else. Ioved and hated this book at times and at other times it got a bit too much for me. I don't know what to say but this book is literally every single thing in a book. I would recommend this to almost everyone to read this book. 

wetdirtreads's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia

pinacotheca's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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: Complicated

lotoazul's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious reflective

r_jinx's review against another edition

4.5

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i unsuccessfully tried to describe ‘Water’ to mum

littleelfman's review against another edition

5.0

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Sumptuous, complicated and beautiful. A tapestry of stories that show how achingly breathtaking life can be.

fifinlayson's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes