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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

22 reviews

shiran_fa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content

sydfreeman's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I love Paula Hawkins as an author, and this book was another fun one. Good range of personalities between the characters, small time jumps or flashbacks that really enhance the story, and moments that stick with you. Great weekend read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Blood

Info about biggest portion of murder / kidnapping / sexual assault in this book :

the flashback scenes Miriam (boat lady) has are where the primary kidnapping and sexual adult / murder will occur. Additional murder is theme of the book

wrestleacademic's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Ableism

____emily____'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Ableism

biblio_jordyn's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

What could have been better?
There were parts that were super slow and the book felt pretty predictable. Also I feel like sometimes there were triggers for triggers sake?

What I enjoyed?
I came in with pretty low expectations because I HATED Girl on The Train so this was better for me than that.

BUT after I got about halfway I thought it was faster paced and got more entertaining. I think, while a bit predictable at times and very triggering, the book developed well and had some suspense that I enjoyed. Also the multiple POVs helped keep my interest.

I’ve seen a lot of mixed reviews about this book but I fall somewhere in the middle! Overall, it was entertaining but not the best thriller I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Medical trauma, Child death, and Animal death

hbhentschel's review

2.5

Good mystery but I wish I’d read the content warnings ahead of time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Ableism

lookingmuchimproved's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

There is a skillful interweaving of the lives and circumstances of many characters. Most of those lives and circumstances are quite tragic which for me meant that even though I disliked many of the characters I couldn't help but feel sad for them and regret for the chaos they caused in their lives now rooted in those tragedies. 

I feel like the author also utilizes different ways in which a writer can deliver a plot twist to their reader. One way is the slow revelation of information, feeding the reader incomplete information that makes them think they understand, or misleading the reader with the POV of a certain character. Until, finally, there is clarity of how things really fit together and it's not what the reader expected. I found this very reminiscent of her previous works. 

The other kind of twist being the one that the reading just really doesn't see coming. An out of nowhere shock to the system that you can only piece together by looking back and realizing that the hints were dropped along the way but you were too busy with other aspects of the book. This is the kind of twist that sometimes makes me need to set my book down for a minute to process it. 

Overall, this was a much better read for me than The Girl on the Train. I think Paula Hawkins is growing as a writer and I look forward to seeing what comes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Incest

amanderz58's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest

dreamfyre's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Ableism

Minor: Infertility, Incest, and Fatphobia

amressing's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I was really excited when I saw this book came out because I had loved Girl on a Train.  I found the book to be a little too dark and and some of the twists felt unnecessary.  While it did grab my attention, it’s ultimately my least favorite of her books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit