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A review by fkshg8465
House on Fire by Bonnie Kistler
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It did get a little unnecessarily convoluted and wandered off course with a few characters that were hard to invest in, mostly because they were too unrealistic). But I also get why it was compared to Jodi Picoult’s writing.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol