Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

37 reviews

emilyrosebooks's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

3.0

This definitely qualifies as a feel good book. I wouldn't say there is anything spectacular about it, but it doesn't leave you hanging, makes you warm and fuzzy at the end, so it was good. Cassie, an extremely competant firefighter, has to move across the country, supposedly to help her mother recover from an eye surgery, but the real reason she goes is because a man from her past who hurt her caused her to lash out and put her job at risk. Romance, feminism, gender roles and how to change a staunch Boston Fire Department into gender equality, this definitely felt like a New Englander book. It is about forgiveness mostly, and the epilogue wraps up all plot points, which is very satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

ridern2002's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Gaslighting, Cancer, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Terminal illness

mkchickentender's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

np24's review

adventurous emotional sad 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

3.0

Ehh, this book was just ehh for me. The main character was a badass who has experienced a lot and been hardened by it, which is something that I empathize with and want to root for, but I honestly found her so irritating and unnecessarily dismissive with the people in her life. ***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Spoiler

I very much understand how being a victim of sexual assault affects your relationships with others, but I feel like this character was written as simply mean and shut-off without much nuance, and then just so happened to stumble into a perfect love story that fixed all her problems immediately. She said that she hasn’t dated or opened up to anyone in 10 years (very understandable for what she went through) and then within an hour of kissing the rookie she’s unquestioningly ready for sex and it’s so magical and perfect and there is no PTSD or trauma or bad feelings of any kind it’s all just perfect, and that just feels kinda unrealistic to me and minimizes the experience that so many go through. It’s often not as simple as just “finding the right guy” but I digress.

It just felt like it was trying for so much and ended up being cheesy and unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Rape

kamryn_grace_'s review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

4.0

Mmmm, yes, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Not only was the main character so loveable and strong, but the author also gave hints of feminism. 
Most of the time I would find the theme of forgiveness cloying but the author's way of spinning the story made it all the more thought-provoking. This is definitely a worthwhile read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Rape, Addiction, and Grief

jenniferbbookdragon's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Center gives us a complex woman to root for,  and she is a real heroine: a firefighter and EMT dealing with sexism in a very male dominated profession. When her family and personal history force her to move across the country and start over in a new fire department,  Cassie discovers new ways to address her past and build a new future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

Minor: Cancer

mmalone's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Ableism, Bullying, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Terminal illness, Death, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book completely surprised me but in the best way possible. Cassie is delightful and easy to root for. Every time I thought the book was going to fall into silly tropes, it zipped around them perfectly. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

gondorgirl's review

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Stalking

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

When I realized I’d picked up a romance, I groaned. It’s among my least favorite genres. There were so many things I hated about this book, but it was saved by the protagonist having an unimpeachable character, someone with an open heart despite herself, a woman struggling to reconcile with her inner child, and finding that she has a greater capacity to live and live than she ever knew, all starting with the words, “I forgive you.” If she was written any other way, this book would’ve flopped, because it was overly predictable and built on overused tropes. In fact, I would’ve given it a 3, but because of her, I give it a 3.75.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse