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cb98's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
it took me over 4 months to finish this book BUT that is not a reflection on the book, just on the busyness of life and my reading habits tanking since I stopped working at a bookstore lol
this was a simple, easy to read look into an event that 10 year old me both kind of remembers and also doesn’t really remember. I’m glad to finally know the backstory of such a significant, tragic part of Australia’s history. the complexity of the arsonist’s situation and the devastating stories of those who lost everything on Black Saturday made for an emotional read. love Chloe Hooper’s writing style
this was a simple, easy to read look into an event that 10 year old me both kind of remembers and also doesn’t really remember. I’m glad to finally know the backstory of such a significant, tragic part of Australia’s history. the complexity of the arsonist’s situation and the devastating stories of those who lost everything on Black Saturday made for an emotional read. love Chloe Hooper’s writing style
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death and Grief
annabellw06_'s review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Mental illness and Grief
reusablecup's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
rey_therese07's review
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism and Addiction
heather_lt's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
5.0
In this book Chloe Hooper examines the details of the Black Saturday tragedy and the impacts on everyone involved. The author writes with such impressive compassion for the victims of the fire and the surviving residents, for the firefighters and investigators, for everyone involved in the court case, and even for the perpetrator and his family. It was such a shocking read. I cycled through many emotions whilst reading this, especially in those first few chapters. I'm going to be thinking about this for a while.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury