Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

Signal Fires

Dani Shapiro

228 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Description

Signal Fires opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on Division Street changes. Each of their lives, and that of Ben Wilf, a young doctor who ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 1,392 reviews

Moods

emotional 90%
reflective 79%
sad 63%
hopeful 34%
challenging 16%
inspiring 14%
dark 13%
tense 8%
mysterious 6%
adventurous 2%
informative 1%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 24%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 71% | A mix: 24% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

Yes: 80% | It's complicated: 15% | No: 4%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 7%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | Yes: 22% | It's complicated: 8% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 76% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 6%

Average rating

3.99

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