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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

28 reviews

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sftomlinson's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

rachpreston's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Sexual assault

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

paigestilwill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

A Slow Fire Burning combines all the things one might love about a murder mystery—suspense, shifting perspectives, red herrings and their explanations. I thought the character development was well done, the plot hummed along but never divulged too much at once. 

The death of Ben and the depiction from Daniel’s perspective was a bit difficult to face, though I venture that was the point. Just a fair warning to any moms of toddlers—you may want to sit this one out. 

My only slight hang up with this one was the build up to Jeremy’s reveal—Miriam’s history was perhaps the most interesting to me—the resolution to which felt deflated and hurried compared to the other storylines that tied things up more assuredly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

hcumbie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Not Paula Hawkins best work-the time-line was a little confusing and the ending was just ok. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

ofpagesandparagraphs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

sporemiette's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

meliemelo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

 Crime novels aren't known for their boundless optimism, but this one seemed especially bleak. While crafting very nuanced characters, Paula Hawkins did not care for making them likeable with the exception of Irene and, to a point, Laura. The "One who got away" chapters were an interesting enough idea but ended up being a bit repetitive and didn't bring much to the book in the end (and the end of that particular thread had me roll my eyes). Finally, I felt the book lacked tension and purpose beyond the "whodunnit", and even that didn't keep my interest up much.

It's not a bad crime novel, and there were definitely some very good ideas in there, but it definitely doesn't compare to the author's previous works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism