Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

41 reviews

pugluver11's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

My faith in Katherine Center has been restored! This story had some heartbreaking moments, but the overall message was uplifting. I loved the firefighter setting. It kind of reminded me of the show 911 but with less action. The main romantic relationship was great, and I loved the platonic relationships too. I love stories about people learning how to open up again after a tragedy. In my opinion, this book is a beautiful depiction of overcoming trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Terminal illness

makcrowley's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

I liked the story and she really developed the main character but the other characters - and the love story - were underdeveloped imo. But if you love Katherine Center, the elements are still there in main character dev, banter and Gilmore Girl level cast of characters 
Some things I felt were annoying like her calling him the rookie all the time even once they’d gotten to know each other better

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Rape

khaben31's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Rape, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

riosvanessa22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

braytonaubree's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is so special to me. It was my first Katherine Center book & I am not sure exactly what I was expecting going in, but it turned all my expectations upside down & surpassed them by MILES. The way that Katherine writes about relationships & how we as humans change as we go through experiences in life is inspiring- truly inspiring. While I’ve seen her books categorized as “feel-good” romances/women’s lit, I think that descriptor is a disservice to the heavy topics that are so artfully written about in this story. But, I do feel so much hope after watching a woman who is so tenacious & relatable learn to navigate forgiveness. I couldn’t put it down, not because I wanted to continue the romance (which is great, but I would categorize as a sub-sub-plot) but, because I was so invested in our FMC’s arc (she’s a firefighter btw & she’s so badass- I want to be her). The title is also just so perfect & every time I look at the cover or say the title it really invokes all the feelings/take-aways I had from this story. Katherine Center is quickly becoming an auto-buy author for me, but it’ll be hard to top this. 🔥🩵🚒

Content warnings:

• terminal illness

• sexual assault/rape

• suicide

• sexism/misogyny 

• substance abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

saricostanzo's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

chewy__stuff's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, and Vomit

sarahangeline's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexism, and Terminal illness

ellacat11's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

cedardleland's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

1.0

Given the subject matter of the book, I was surprised how graphically horrible all of the practical jokes are in this book that we're supposed to think are endearing. Like a coworker asking the MC out of the blue to screw when he knows she's panicking and therefore might be trickable, with all of her other coworkers including her boss watching ready to laugh at her for taking too long to refuse. That's how the book opens, and then the next thing is sexual assault, and I really feel like the author doesn't understand that the first thing is actually workplace sexual harassment being enabled by the power structure over the MC, but she things beating someone unconscious is appropriate as soon as touching is involved. But then there's all these "pranks" when she's working that are also assault, just not sexual assault and those are also supposed to be fun and fine. Very uncomfortably mixed messages for me around consent, which undermined the core message of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail