Joshua Glasgow’s Reviews > The Fire She Fights > Status Update
Joshua Glasgow
is on page 150 of 326
Wow, I read 150 pages yesterday—mostly during Odesa’s afternoon nap. This was written by a former fire captain, which is to say not by somebody who is a *writer* by trade. You can tell. The writing is plain, without any distinct voice. It’s also perhaps TOO focused on the technical aspects of firefighting. It’s not letting those things serve as a backdrop to the story but is forcing them to BE the story.
— Jan 07, 2024 07:20AM
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Joshua Glasgow
is on page 263 of 326
My feeling about the book is essentially unchanged. The word that keeps coming to mind to describe the writing is “journeyman”. It’s functional but could be so much better. Even when the characters experience traumatic events, the emotion of the moment doesn’t really carry through.
— Jan 08, 2024 06:19AM
