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999 reviews for:

The Ones We Burn

Rebecca Mix

3.73 AVERAGE

snazzy's review

3.0

2.5. must adjust expectations that it is a ya book. she is messy and lost in the sauce (lost in the plot) at times. incredibly heavy handed with it's theme, but there is a 13 yr old going feral over this book someone. that kid would give it 5 stars
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kikiwiki's review

3.0
dark funny hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There are some great concepts in this book, but it was poorly executed. It was sloppy and it frustrated me. That being said, it was entertaining enough and I appreciate the queer (specifically sapphic!) representation.

iris_willow's review

1.0
adventurous dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

googi's review

3.0
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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carivill99's review

4.0
adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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kassidanae's review

4.5
adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really wanted to like this book but the prose was terrible the characters grating and the storyline that was supposed to be romantic honestly just felt abusive. Bummer dude.
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suchacommotion's review

5.0
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The politics definitely got preachy from time to time, but it’s YA fantasy so it didn’t bother me all that much. Genuinely one of the best fantasy books I’ve read in some time; it was a total refresher from all the scholarly reading I do and a great segue back into reading what I love. 
adventurous mysterious medium-paced