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A review by anna3101
Burn by Julianna Baggott
3.0
I like the author's writing, her imagination and attention to detail. The characters did not move me very much but they were also not the worst which is fine by me. I don't mind highly improbable and impossible. But. BUT.
Imagine any (more or less) normal person. Imagine him/her in a situation of utter despair, being surrounded by ... (monsters/enemies/zombies - put in whatever), awaiting his/her imminent death. Heck, imagine yourself in there. What would you do? What would you think? I'd say probably somewhere along the lines of "OMG THIS IS THE END". Or "What to do? What to do?". Or maybe something else. Or maybe you'd briefly hug your near and dear ones and said you loved them.
But would you REALLY be thinking along the lines of "Oh, there's this cute boy and I really kinda like him but I haven't told him. Maybe I should tell him. Yes, now is the good time to talk about our feelings and analyze them"????
*bangs her head against the wall*
What's wrong with Pressia?? Seriously, for this reason alone the book which could have been quite awesome was barely tolerable at times. Here we are, end of the world, horrors all around, death lurking at every corner. And what does our main character think about? What is her main concern? Well, she's analyzing her feelings for different boys! Of course! What else would you do in a post-apocalyptic fight with people-eating monsters, right?
And of course, no dystopia could really exist without a love triangle. I bet one day there'll be a dystopia about one-cell organisms, and there will be one bacteria girl and two bacteria boys in love with her. Because no YA novel is complete without a love triangle as love triangles are so, sooo very realistic. Especially when the girl in question is mostly average and not so good looking or intelligent or anything else. But everybody just must fall in love with her. God, it's so annoying. I've read just one YA book WITHOUT the stupid triangle - I must send flowers to the author. A huge bouquet. Must be pretty brave to venture out into the world of love-without-artificial-drama. I wish more authors followed her example...
Imagine any (more or less) normal person. Imagine him/her in a situation of utter despair, being surrounded by ... (monsters/enemies/zombies - put in whatever), awaiting his/her imminent death. Heck, imagine yourself in there. What would you do? What would you think? I'd say probably somewhere along the lines of "OMG THIS IS THE END". Or "What to do? What to do?". Or maybe something else. Or maybe you'd briefly hug your near and dear ones and said you loved them.
But would you REALLY be thinking along the lines of "Oh, there's this cute boy and I really kinda like him but I haven't told him. Maybe I should tell him. Yes, now is the good time to talk about our feelings and analyze them"????
*bangs her head against the wall*
What's wrong with Pressia?? Seriously, for this reason alone the book which could have been quite awesome was barely tolerable at times. Here we are, end of the world, horrors all around, death lurking at every corner. And what does our main character think about? What is her main concern? Well, she's analyzing her feelings for different boys! Of course! What else would you do in a post-apocalyptic fight with people-eating monsters, right?
And of course, no dystopia could really exist without a love triangle. I bet one day there'll be a dystopia about one-cell organisms, and there will be one bacteria girl and two bacteria boys in love with her. Because no YA novel is complete without a love triangle as love triangles are so, sooo very realistic. Especially when the girl in question is mostly average and not so good looking or intelligent or anything else. But everybody just must fall in love with her. God, it's so annoying. I've read just one YA book WITHOUT the stupid triangle - I must send flowers to the author. A huge bouquet. Must be pretty brave to venture out into the world of love-without-artificial-drama. I wish more authors followed her example...