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Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

7 reviews

artzea's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book got me out of a reading slump. It has a great use of mystery and family trauma (which is very well written and feels very real).

A quick read. A touch repetitive at times and a tad slow in the middle, but the ending and story conclusion is worth it. Excellent context clues and use of foreshadowing.

Also a beautiful cover.

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fanboyriot's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Read For:

Small Town

Creepy Vibes

Family Secrets

Mommy Issues

Supernatural Elements

Margot grew up with her mom reminding her it was them against the world; they didn’t need anyone else. Growing up in an emotionally unstable and abusive household she looks for other family only to find her grandmother's number. Looking for answers and a link to the comforting family she craved she sneaks away to visit a grandmother she had never met. The small town isn’t what she expected and the answers she gets are far from comforting. Maybe it would have been better if she never went to begin with.

This book still has me questioning what I just read. I have so many questions about the last few chapters. I read this in a buddy read and we both seemed to have the same questions only to get to the end and never learn the answers to them.

I really did enjoy this book though. The writing style of the majority of this book was so good, that it was intriguing and entertaining. The author did such an amazing job with the setting of this book, bringing in the creepy vibes of a small town and unknown family secrets that left me wanting to read the next chapter. However, it kinda lost me with most of the supernatural elements, I think the idea could have been better if it wasn't such an open-ended/rushed ending. I’ve noticed this with this author's work before so maybe it's just her writing style or something.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4/5)

Release Date: 07, July 2020

POV: First Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Lesbian (MC)

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cthulhussy's review

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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grrrlbrarian's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I almost hit DNF about halfway through and kind of wish I had. Margot as a narrator is so melodramatic about everything, it made it difficult to care about anything in the story. The audiobook narrator was also giving it 100% on the emotional scale at all times, which again just felt like too much. I enjoyed the premise and the building tension through the story, as well as the lush and sometimes disturbing descriptions. The ending just felt like it belonged to a different story, there were too many loose ends and questions still remaining for me.

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mischabkits's review

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challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really good story, amazing emotion. The only reason I wouldn’t give it 5 stars is because there were times that I found it difficult to understand what I was reading. Loved it.

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studiouspoppy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this book was really entertaining, if a little slow in the beginning and so chaotic at the end.
The plot was confusing and although I liked it, I think it could have been better developed. I didn’t love it.
The best part of this book is not the plot, though, is the subtext about abuse, which is really interesting and I think amazingly done, specially for a YA book. This book deals with ptsd, gaslighting, intergenerational trauma in such a good way, I though that was really hard to read but also it was really well developed.

I specially loved how the author went about growing with someone who’s emotionally abusive and intergeneration trauma and pain. For such a confusing book, I think this topics where really well written and I loved the ending, and how Margot chooses to ve different, to leave, to not forgive her mother. I loved how her mother’s pain didn’t excuse her behavior, and neither did the fact that she tried. I think this book did amazingly in showing the abuse and the ptsd coming from it, and also showing the healing path as imperfect and how Margot still has impulses to forgive and get the bare minimum because she doesn’t know anything else.

Also, let’s talk about white trash and farming, and weird families and inbreeding? this book really delivered when it comes to that, so reading it was great for my dark-humored mind.

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kingorgan's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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