A review by lucasgarner
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

3.0

There’s no doubt that Kristin Hannah is an incredible writer. Most of her novels span decades of time, and yet she is able to give you both an intimate look into these years while also keeping the pace smooth and brisk that it feels like you experience each of her character’s lives in mere minutes. Firefly Lane is the third of Hannah’s books that I’ve read, and is unfortunately my least favorite. While it keeps that stellar, quick writing I mentioned, it just doesn’t have that same magic found in The Nightingale and The Great Alone. Here, we follow to best friends as they navigate their lives, careers, relationships, and each other. The book is never a chore to read, but most of the novel I felt a pull to find out what the major opposition between the two would be. It seemed to never come until the final act of the book, and it was very underwhelming and didn’t tie all of themes of the novel together and succinctly as I had expected. After that, there is a very cliche twist that seems tacked on, rather than being built up to, that seems to add nothing other than give one final attempt to make you feel an emotional pull toward the characters. The plot, overall, just didn’t work for me.