Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

9 reviews

jes7037's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

Delightfully absurd and thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Murder, and Grief

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

This was just not my kind of book. The humour is very flat, lots of little details included just for the sake of quirkiness. Having the author wink at me all the time is exhausting. I didn't find the main character compelling, pretty classic man writing a sad single woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War and Body shaming

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Grief, Fatphobia, Violence, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Ableism, and Suicide

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.0

I'm not sure how I felt about this book! It took me a while to get into it and it definitely wasn't my favorite, but it's also a type of book I don't read very often. I thought it was funny and entertaining and I liked a lot of the characters. It really picked up in the second half for me and I read nearly all of that in one day. (A day I was on a plane and too tired to do anything but read, but still.)

The absurdity/satire was done well I think. One thing that felt a little off to me is that it just felt *so* written by a man, if that makes sense? Not in a bad way necessarily--it's not like it was sexist or anything. But the first-person narrator is a woman and I just...couldn't buy it. I'm not one for gender essentialism (I'm literally trans and genderfluid lmao) but I just kept feeling like the voice of the book was a straight man. But it wasn't a big deal or enough to take me out of the book too often.

Anyway! Overall I liked it, if not enthusiastically. If this is the kind of book you're into I'd recommend it, but for anyone like me who isn't sure if they're really interested, I'd say you don't need to try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Suicide, and Fatphobia

kappafrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body shaming, Death, Gun violence, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Pregnancy, and Ableism

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What to say about Thursday Next? The Eyre Affair is clever, witty, creative, and interesting. The second read was just as much fun as my first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gun violence, and War

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming and War

rebekahatkinson's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This novel is of a genre all it's own, I've never read anything like it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury