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therealcubcake's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
rachel17's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Reading this book, I felt I had stumbled sideways into someone’s personal diaries. The writing is as beautiful as it is painful, and full of life and death. I learned a lot about fires, both productive and destructive. I would prefer to learn from an Indigenous author, but she did a good job of recognizing the limits of her experience and taking us through her own journey of learning. There wasn’t much on the causes of climate change, which is a potentially dangerous oversight.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma
tigerkind's review
So very California.
This is not about fire; at least not really. The author uses the fire theme to talk about the pain of existing and a whole lot about herself and how she’s suffering, but privileged, but still suffering. Which is ok, since it’s a memoir, but definitely not what I’m looking for. Writing style oscillates between beautiful almost-poetry and mind-numbingly boring.
I’m not sure if this would’ve been picked up if the author was not in publishing herself. Also, if I understood it correctly, it’s read by the author. Let’s just say there’s a reason that audiobook narrator is an actual job.
This is not about fire; at least not really. The author uses the fire theme to talk about the pain of existing and a whole lot about herself and how she’s suffering, but privileged, but still suffering. Which is ok, since it’s a memoir, but definitely not what I’m looking for. Writing style oscillates between beautiful almost-poetry and mind-numbingly boring.
I’m not sure if this would’ve been picked up if the author was not in publishing herself. Also, if I understood it correctly, it’s read by the author. Let’s just say there’s a reason that audiobook narrator is an actual job.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Medical trauma
bibliobaggins_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
sittingwishingreading's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0