Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

37 reviews

caitlinteresa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Cassie uprooted her life and moved across the country to take care of her estranged mother. This meant changing fire departments, facing past hardships, and navigating the sexism of her new job. She expects the struggle of being a woman firefighter in a small town, but she doesn't expect to learn forgiveness and love. 

I continue to surprise myself by enjoying romance novels. At first, I wasn't sure how I felt about this one, but it sucked me in. I became so invested in the love story, but I also loved seeing Cassie learn forgiveness and allow people to let her in.

For those who watch Station 19 and enjoy it, you'd like this novel! It reminded me of it in a lot of ways.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

chelle22's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mamabear10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse

bugletbee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

kaylahcc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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

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

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