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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
I was worried this book would be cheesy because it started off that way. But, it was really good! I also thought the poem-like manner and word placement would be distracting. At the beginning it was, but you get used to it. Impactful story, wow. Surprised with this one! I really liked it!
While I liked the first half of the story and the writing style, the end was too melodramatic for my taste.
Ellen Hopkins once again takes on a tense, heart-breaking YA subject. Pattyn, a 16-year-old, Mormon girl struggles to be accepted, loved, and understood all while also trying to determine what her religion really means - does she still believe, does she want the role that's been laid before her, does she want to follow the only path she's been given?
This book will grip, anger, haunt, and surprise. From the beginning of the story, Pattyn begins questioning the religion with which she's grown up. Her defiant attitude and strong will anger both her church and her father. Pattyn's mother embraces her Mormon life - having babies and supporting and loving her husband beyond all reasonable boundaries. Pattyn sees her mother's, and all Mormon women's plight, as unfair and undesirable.
During a stay with her estranged aunt, Pattyn learns things about herself, her family, her religion, boys, even her state that leave her reeling, intrigued, confused, excited, and sometimes angry. Hopkins delivers an amazing narrative and story through Pattyn's eyes including an ending that will leave readers breathless!
This book will grip, anger, haunt, and surprise. From the beginning of the story, Pattyn begins questioning the religion with which she's grown up. Her defiant attitude and strong will anger both her church and her father. Pattyn's mother embraces her Mormon life - having babies and supporting and loving her husband beyond all reasonable boundaries. Pattyn sees her mother's, and all Mormon women's plight, as unfair and undesirable.
During a stay with her estranged aunt, Pattyn learns things about herself, her family, her religion, boys, even her state that leave her reeling, intrigued, confused, excited, and sometimes angry. Hopkins delivers an amazing narrative and story through Pattyn's eyes including an ending that will leave readers breathless!
4.5
This is the first book I've read by Ellen Hopkins and now I need the rest of them.
This book destroyed me.
This is the first book I've read by Ellen Hopkins and now I need the rest of them.
This book destroyed me.
lighthearted
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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I’m not sure you can go wrong with an Ellen Hopkins book. Granted, this is only the second one I’ve ever read and the first I read quite a few years ago. But her writing style is just so beautiful. All of her books (to my knowledge anyway) are written in prose and it works out perfectly. She writes about such intense and serious subjects, that it really helps to get her story across. Burned is about a teenage girl named Pattyn who is being raised in a very strict Mormon home, it’s also a very abusive home. She’s pretty sick of her home life and starts to do things that are frowned upon in her religion and her home. These events lead her to be sent to her aunts home for the summer.
I really liked this book. Once Pattyn is out of her home and into her aunts, it really shows her how life can be when you’re in a loving home and not one run by fear and hate. She gets to experience new things, meet new people, and learn a little more about her family in the process. I was absolutely not expecting the book to end the way it did and I cannot wait to find out what happens in the next book.
Overall, if you like contemporary novels that deal with tougher subjects I really think you should pick this up. If you love novels written in prose, then you should pick this up. Basically, you should just pick this up.
I’m not sure you can go wrong with an Ellen Hopkins book. Granted, this is only the second one I’ve ever read and the first I read quite a few years ago. But her writing style is just so beautiful. All of her books (to my knowledge anyway) are written in prose and it works out perfectly. She writes about such intense and serious subjects, that it really helps to get her story across. Burned is about a teenage girl named Pattyn who is being raised in a very strict Mormon home, it’s also a very abusive home. She’s pretty sick of her home life and starts to do things that are frowned upon in her religion and her home. These events lead her to be sent to her aunts home for the summer.
I really liked this book. Once Pattyn is out of her home and into her aunts, it really shows her how life can be when you’re in a loving home and not one run by fear and hate. She gets to experience new things, meet new people, and learn a little more about her family in the process. I was absolutely not expecting the book to end the way it did and I cannot wait to find out what happens in the next book.
Overall, if you like contemporary novels that deal with tougher subjects I really think you should pick this up. If you love novels written in prose, then you should pick this up. Basically, you should just pick this up.
Very much enjoyed the writing in verse. Didn't enjoy the "instalove" portion, but I'm not sure it's an atypical experience for some. There is an awful lot of heaviness here... I will be reading the follow-up and others by EH.
Ellen Hopkins....what are words?!
So beautiful, so good. Gah.
I can not wait to read the second book.
"God is love," she said. "And He respects love, whether it's between a parent and chuld, a man and woman, or friends. I don't think He cares about religion one little bit. Live your life right, Pattyn. Love with all your heart. Don't hurt others, and help those in need. That's all you need to know. And don't worry about Heaven. If it exists, you'll be welcome."
So beautiful, so good. Gah.
I can not wait to read the second book.
"God is love," she said. "And He respects love, whether it's between a parent and chuld, a man and woman, or friends. I don't think He cares about religion one little bit. Live your life right, Pattyn. Love with all your heart. Don't hurt others, and help those in need. That's all you need to know. And don't worry about Heaven. If it exists, you'll be welcome."
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Gut wrenching. Anxiety inducing. Once again Ellen Hopkins has left my heart in pieces!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Car accident