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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

35 reviews

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

My first Paula Hawkins book. I liked it. The narrator was great! Swearing. Not for teens. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cursing, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Violence, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

rcshamey's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping

wy_woman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Infertility, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Medical content

eeculp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Quick fun read! Like a lot of these, I figured out most of it but there is one final surprise at the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Self harm, Pedophilia, Rape, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

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

jextown's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4 stars may be generous, but I was  pleasantly surprised with how much I liked this book. I’ve never actually heard of Paula Hawkins and I really only put this on cause it was on my shelf for some reason and I’d just finished a book I loved so much that I needed something easier I didn’t care about so much as a break. I wouldn’t say I’m an avid reader of crime drama and I’m not one to be dissuaded  by predictability. But the cast of characters and themes throughout this book I found compelling. I particularly enjoyed the commentary on storytelling and the crime/mystery genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Murder, Alcoholism, Violence, Car accident, Confinement, and Medical trauma

nicoles_reading_corner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Infertility, and Kidnapping

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

goldenfeather's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This one didn't do anything for me. The one good thing I'll say about it is that Hawkins does a good job connecting all the characters to one other, but I thought the writing was incredibly dull and even pretentious at times. But most importantly I just didn't like any of the characters and couldn't have cared less about them. I've read plenty of books before with complicated, messed up characters, but I'm usually able to empathize with them despite their issues. But in this book I felt no empathy, just irritation.

Also- regarding Daniel, I really think Hawkins should have fleshed out his character more. I don't really have an opinion on whether or not he murdered Ben because we only get a few glimpses of him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Child death, and Violence

angelakay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Sexual violence