Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

18 reviews

tobiii's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

lschuchman's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

gphemsley's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Abandonment, and War

thehollyking's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

1.75

This book was much like Tom Hazard's life, longer than it should've been. It felt very context heavy, I would say the actual plot only spanned about 1/3 of the book. It could've been so much more condensed and said exactly the same thing. Most of the chapters were just fluff. The actual plot was ok. 
I've never been a fan of stories that tell you in a sentence at the end the thought or moral you're meant to be taking away from the book, and this does just that. It kind of felt like the moral came first and the plot came second.
It wasn't a bad book. It was just fine. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

lantheaume's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

emma97louise's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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? No

4.5

An incredible book that is reflective on the passing of time. Bounce between different centries exploring the life of character tom hazard. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

This is such a clever twist in the time travel genre, but the title is totally inaccurate. The main character never once attempts to figure out how his aging has been stopped, nor do any of the other character. His only focus is in finding others who have his anti-aging condition.

However, I enjoyed the reflective wisdom of the main character and the history we get to experience along with him. It was fun to see notable historical figures pop into and out of his life, but I especially liked that the people who had the biggest impact on him were just regular people: his family, his friends, his coworkers, etc. The main thread that binds together, all the many arcs of Tom's story is love, and it was lovely to see him come to that conclusion.

My other quibble with the novel is that the story kind of just ends, and the miniature epilogue was a bit too cheesy/cliché for my taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

froggydanny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

tomnoor's review against another edition

3.5

Loved the time travel parts but the end fell flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury