Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly

3 reviews

paigekrug45's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.5

This book displays grief in its rawest form. I liked this book overall but some of it was quite problematic. The main character catfishing the daughter of the man that murdered his mom was indeed one of them. I enjoyed the other characters, their stories, and what they offered to the story. Overall, I did enjoy this book despite some questionable thoughts and decisions made by the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

kisa_044's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

planner5002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't really know how to review this book, because I felt so many different things throughout the story. At times, the story seemed hopeful. At other times, this book was really hard to read. 

Throughout a lot of this story, I was scared the main character was going to hurt himself or someone else. That made parts of this hard to read, but also really hard to put down. I was invested in the story, but maybe a little too much. I will also say that the "twist" wasn't really a twist. However, it was so important to the story that it was important to include.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Murder

Looking back, I wouldn't have started this book if I wasn't sure I would finish it. There's a lot of really heavy things to go through, and the resolution is a necessity.