Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Heat Wave by TJ Klune

9 reviews

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A satisfying enough conclusion to the trilogy. Lots of cliches. A foiled but comedic enough ending. And as was the case in the prior two books, my favorite character is Aaron - possibly the most honest and most adorably funny father ever written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Biphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Death, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic relationship

tea_at_mole_end's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Murder

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Police brutality

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

4.0

Two words - Burrito. Jerry. 

Overall, a satisfying conclusion to the series and my favourite book of the three. 

It started quite confusingly and I thought I had missed something important linked to what was revealed in the epilogue of book two, but once that got sorted out things flowed a bit better with the narrative. 

Nick showed a lot of growth and I appreciated how his arc was handled, especially with his ADHD (though I guess not all that surprising considering TJ’s own experiences). I loved how his relationship with Seth was further solidified and you can really grasp their love for one another. 

A bit of a deus ex machina ending, but it was cute so I won’t complain too much 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Xenophobia, Vomit, Body horror, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Addiction

asipofcozy's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

It's been a hot minute since I finished a book. An entire month of July without reading *sigh*. Adulting is not fun.

However, I can always count on Klune to get me out of a rut with his books. There is just something about his narration, his characters, and the worlds that he creates that draws me in. And out of all his characters, Jazz, Gibby, Simon, and Nick are by far my favorite. Every time I went into this trilogy I was filled with anticipation of reading about this group of friends, a group that I felt myself become a part of with each book.

So coming to the end of this wonderful trilogy was bittersweet for me.

Usually, I write a long-ass review but today just is not that day (I stayed up late finishing this). However, I do want to say...don't be me. I didn't realize there was a WHOLE chapter after the acknowledgments in Flash Fire, and let me tell you, I was hella confused at the beginning of Heat Wave until I finally decided I must be missing something and went back to the last book. I felt so silly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Mental illness

Moderate: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Police brutality

modernmatilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

THIS SERIES IS EVERYTHING. 

Nick is, hands down, one of my favorite YA protagonists to ever be written. His awkwardness and dorkiness and authentic messiness are so endearing. His is the perfect definition of "second-hand-embarrassment" and it is so wonderful to see a queer protagonist with ADHD as a superhero.

This series is FUN. Seeing it wonderfully wrapped up with a cinematic masterpiece of an ending that involved DAD SUPERHEROS brought me so much joy. I could have done without the "credit scene" epilogue, but I wasn't bothered by it. It is a heartfelt series with brilliant fight scenes, fantastic father-son relationships with open conversations about sex, and friendship goals. 

I would also read an entire mini series about Burrito Jerry. 

I will be unabashedly recommending this to every library patron I come in contact with and raving about it on bookstagram until the cows come home. 

Thank you Netgalley and Tor Teen for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, and Car accident

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 A funny, messy, action-packed, satisfying conclusion to the Extraordinaries trilogy! Compared to the first two, this one is a slow starter but it blossoms into even more action. And it retains the aspects we've come to love: Nick's hilarious, chaotic energy; his ride-or-die Scooby gang; exquisitely painful secondhand embarrassment (plus the eyerolling shenanigans of the Dad Squad); the verbal bravado and fumbling exploration of coming-of-age sexuality; timely social commentary; and at least one surprisingly great new character (Burrito Jerry FTW!). Fans of the series are going to be happy! And fans of chaotic, neurodiverse, LGBTQ, teen superhero fanfic should definitely check out book one, The Exraordinaries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Police brutality

Superhero/comic book style violence. The gaslighting is of the supervillain mind control variety.