457 reviews for:

Like a House on Fire

Lauren McBrayer

3.86 AVERAGE

alyciaphd's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yardenkan's review

3.25

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

juliagongaware's review

4.5

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death of parent

ammartinez86's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sheridacon's review

5.0

emotional medium-paced

orvillefartenbacher's review

4.0

emotional 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: Yes

lilyanaibanez's review against another edition

3.0

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A quick page turner beach read type beat, like a redone version of Carol but a little less fun imo. I read this in like 24 hours tho so it kept me entertained.

estherk809's review

4.0

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leeannreads's review

5.0

funny hopeful 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: No

caseyjayner's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have complicated feelings about this one,

particularly that everything feels mediocre due to the 5 year time gap rather than the utterly terrible heartbreak that had to happen in the interim, which we missed.

 

(“spoiler” not of plot just my opinion on tone so idk if it’s a spoiler)