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Summary: A Beautiful Novel
Review: After reading Holding Fire, I was dimayed to see some of the tactless reviews printed here. Elissa Wald has written a beautiful novel with terrific depth and sensitivity. Sure it contains some sex scenes, even a graphic one, and they are purposeful, human, and layered with meaning. To call them "soft porn" or to compare them with "bodice rippers" demonstates a less than acute read of Ms. Wald's fine work. If you want firemen who are deemed HEROS and have no other facets to their lives, and people who do not have or do not think about sex, do not buy this book. Time-transport yourself back to the 50's.
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Summary: Not a lot of depth
Review: After watching the 9/11 documentary on CBS, I knew more about firefighters, what their lives are like, where they're coming from, and what motivates and moves them than I did by reading this book.I found Wald's style choppy and hard to follow. I have no problem with non-linear narrative and flashbacks, but sometimes it's hard to tell when events are happening, which makes it hard to keep up with the story. I didn't find a lot of the relationships convincing. Not horrible, but not convincing. Wald tries to explore a variety of types of relationships: husbands and wives, cheating husband and the other woman, lovers, "sugar daddies" (for lack of a better word), stripper and client, two people going through a tragedy together, fathers and sons, sons and father figures, rescuer and rescued, and probably some more that I'm forgetting. That's the point -- too many different relationships are explored without any real depth to any of them. Unlike some reviewers, I didn't find this portrayal insensitive, just incomplete. The sex scenes aren't particularly graphic or gratuitous, but don't add much to the character development either.
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Summary: mss elissa wonderful
Review: Im not read yet thýs book but ý read meettýng at master book so good ý wanna learn all of her book and read ý wýll read holding fire take care on yourself elissa
Rating:
Summary: mss elissa wonderful
Review: Im not read yet thýs book but ý read meettýng at master book so good ý wanna learn all of her book and read ý wýll read holding fire take care on yourself elissa
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