Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

19 reviews

kjofalltrades's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Racism, Infertility, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Sexual content

cyndi1966's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Racism, Infertility, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infidelity and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

jgrayreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense 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

5.0

The ending surprised me. Long build up, but worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, Infertility, and Suicide attempt

jennastopreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

I received this book in a giveaway shortly after it published and my biggest regret surrounding it was waiting so long to read it.

This book is mostly set in Louisville, KY, the city I spent the first 23 years of my life in, and this helped me connect to the story right out the gates, but the characters and their soul did the rest. Tallie has to be one of the most uniquely intriguing fictional women that I've ever read. She's emotionally intelligent, kind hearted, independent, and successful. In another life, maybe I could be more like her when I grew up. On a rainy night in October, she stops when she sees a man about to jump off a bridge into the Ohio River, and in turn, her world changes forever.

Instead of calling 9-1-1 or giving up, she brings the man she affectionately starts off referring to as "Bridge" into her home, and he makes his way into her heart. As a reader, this was a lyrical story of respect, connection, and mutual adoration unfolding between two strangers. As Tallie and Bridge get to know one another, and the layers of the onion of each of their stories are peeled back, I grew more and more attached to both of them.

A fantastic story by Leesa Cross-Smith that left me with goosebumps and a lump in my throat. I will absolutely be reading more of her work in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Infertility

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing and Miscarriage

scorttarius's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I loved this book. It had all my emotions out on front street and I loved every second of it. I wasn’t too excited about the ending but I think it was a good ending for the book.

 I was immediately wrapped up and fell in love with the characters (except Joel he can choke😂🤭) it definitely makes you think about how we operate life and makes you kind of wonder what would you do?

My big take away from this is just to love life even if it’s the little things because they can become the big things 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Child death

greatgatsbys's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

The ending... Nope. Also, odd writing style at times (like separating paragraphs with ~ when there was no need). I didn't hate it but it didn't live up to the potential at all, and I found it pretty far fetched. Pacing was also all over the place from the beginning section to the end bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

lili_geek's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

The book overall was a good book. I enjoyed reading it. I liked as one of the main character’s story was unfolded and took a while for both the reader and the other character to learn about. One of the things I didn’t like about this book is that the author relied heavily on romcom troupes (miscommunication, will they/won’t they, fake relationship) when the main subject of the book is very heavy. I also felt that the spice really didn’t belong in the book. Felt icky (this is coming from someone who works in the mental health field- there were a lot of imagined boundaries being oddly crossed- like- what?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional 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

This book is so beautifully written. It is a story of salvation and redemption. A story of true love and saving grace. Tallie and Bridge are complex, beautiful characters who have both endured tragedies and help one another learn to live with those hurts. The end was beautiful although the outcomes were not what I had hoped in some ways. I loved that this book is set in my hometown. I will read anything else this author puts on paper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Infertility, and Panic attacks/disorders

phippsmr's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail