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Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

xovonniexo's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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kkaste's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

thomasr417's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition

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3.0

3/5

This book was such a page turner! Could no keep it down. The small chapters made it feel like I was able to read faster then usual and I loved hearing from both sides.

kyjfinn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

librarydosebykristy's review against another edition

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3.0

I wanted to like this more than I did! It’s a great book for teens, really written in a way that will incite anger and frustration with systemic racism. But I thought it really lacked subtlety. There are a lot of things about the characters that felt fake— character whom I had trouble believing anyone to take seriously he was so smarmy and obviously bad.
Luke I said— this is written for teens. I don’t want to dis it.
That said— it could have been done with more nuance.

leenduff's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Really enjoyed it. This made me tear up a little towards the end a few times. 

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cvl_1103's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0


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_haven_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

really cool layout, important topic, and overall a good read!