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Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

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mischabkits's review

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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astralbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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rnowicki1's review

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dark

4.25

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directorpurry's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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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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sincerelykore's review

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was the most mind-boggling, bizarre book I've ever read, but in the best way possible? I was so confused but invested the entire time. I just wanted to know what the hell was going on with Margot and the Neilson's! I legitemately could not stop thinking about this book while I was reading it.

To be honest, I was hoping that things would come together a little more smoothly. I didn't love how

the supernatural element was just thrown in at the end like that. It still doesn't make sense to me how ridicine caused people to randomly sprout from the ground. However, I do LOVE how the plotline of Jo vs. Katherine was resolved. It was how I thought it was, but it was so satisfying to see what really happened. I was also so glad that I predicted the connection between Tess and Jo's pregnancy.

Overall a very good book, and I will definitely be recommending it to people! Margot's relationship with Vera and Josephine was interesting, but her arguments and thoughts about Josephine definitely struck home.

TLDR; 5 stars, I was so invested.

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mapscitiesandsongs's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

“But you’re stronger than me, Margot. You are. You bore what I never could.” And the thing is, I know she means it like praise. Like pride. But it isn’t to me. Because yes, I bore this. I fixed it, but there’s a voice in my head, one I’ve never really heard before, and it says, I shouldn’t have had to.”

Wow, what a book. I have a hard time collecting my thoughts and actually reviewing this book. On one hand I enjoyed my reading experience. The atmosphere was just great and the story was intriguing. The portrayal of emotional abuse and gaslighting was just spectacular. That was the strongest part of the book. It was really hard to keep reading and I had to put the book down a few times. On the other hand, there were a few things that weren't that good. The characters were just mediocre. I really didn't care about any of them. So when

Tess and her family get killed.

I just felt nothing. Tess and Eli were just there but didn't really play a role in the end. It also quite bothered me how Rory Power actually alludes to things that don't ever matter. Like Margot's sexuality and the relationship that could have happened. It's like the author wanted to go down that route but in the end just didn't care and all that's left is a loose thread. Same with the relationship between Eli and Tess. What was the point? It I also thought that

Tess was actually alive when Officer Connors talkd about there being three bodies.

Another thing that felt quite strange was the pacing. The beginning and the end were quite fast-paced but the story just slowed down in the middle.

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abby271's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

3.0

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gabibooksit's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A very intriguing, well written YA horror/thriller. Haunting from the very beginning, you're taken on a journey with the main character not only through self-discovery, but discovering that your past should sometimes stay that way. Some of the subject matter is difficult to read but the author does a good job of keeping you hooked and remaining sympathetic without becoming maudlin. There are plenty of plot twists, some more well executed than others, but this is a story I'll be thinking about for a long time.

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i_cant_ive_got_rehersal's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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