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etosaurus's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Murder, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Abortion, Ableism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Gore
Minor: Blood
otherworlds's review
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book is interesting, but the pace is much too slow and it throws off the flow of the story. Which is unfortunate, because it really is a good plot!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Death, Cursing, Grief, and Vomit
Minor: Infertility
iviarelle's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I think most good books aren't good because they do something totally new, they're good because they take the established tropes of a format and they fill in the spaces and details in interesting ways. That's what this book does. It's a horror-mystery-thriller about family, and it's such a slow burn (pun intended) that some may find it intolerable. The plot beats are predictable, and the characters thinly developed. And yet, it does a lot of little things that speak deeply to me.
Which is to say, I loved it. As I was reading, I was a little let down that it wasn't more like Wilder Girls, which wasn't fair to this book or to Power. But now that I've finished, the longer I think about it, the more I prefer Burn Our Bodies Down. It's a story I'll be thinking about in off-moments for a long time.
Which is to say, I loved it. As I was reading, I was a little let down that it wasn't more like Wilder Girls, which wasn't fair to this book or to Power. But now that I've finished, the longer I think about it, the more I prefer Burn Our Bodies Down. It's a story I'll be thinking about in off-moments for a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Confinement
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