april_reads 's review for:

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one was a big miss for me—and honestly, that’s putting it politely. I read Between Two Fires as part of Boy Book Club™ (yes, it’s a real thing and yes, we just let in our second girl—progress!). But wow… I hated this book.

To be fair, this is not my genre, and it’s definitely not my taste. The writing didn’t click with me at all, and I found myself slogging through it just waiting for it to end. And when it finally did end? That was the best part.

If this book is your thing, more power to you. But for me, it was a hard no from start to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic