999 reviews for:

The Ones We Burn

Rebecca Mix

3.73 AVERAGE

snazzy's review

3.0

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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

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

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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

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

elilie's review against another edition

5.0

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

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

spellsthename's review against another edition

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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.

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

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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. 

skyllarduncan's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced