Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

20 reviews

e_liz's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I loved the idea of this book. The blurb sounded so good and I was so excited to read it but I ended up forcing myself to finish and I honestly wish I hadn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Violence, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

This was weird. Like it was ok at first and it did get interesting, but I didn’t love how went. I also wish they made this scarier or more unsettling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

realalexmartin's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

johannacecicilia's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.75

Extremely predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Murder

violet_pages's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

sunsetcity's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, and Toxic relationship

etosaurus's review

dark emotional mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Murder, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Ableism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Blood

Nonconsensual pregnancy, but without sexual assault/rape

Gaslighting

otherworlds's review

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book is interesting, but the pace is much too slow and it throws off the flow of the story. Which is unfortunate, because it really is a good plot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Cursing, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility

rorikae's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

'Burn Our Bodies Down' by Rory Power is a baffling book, in the best way possible. Power creates a story with so many twists and turns that I was never quite sure what was happening, but this made it so I couldn't put the book down. 
I honestly think that it is best to go into this book knowing as little as possible but what I can say about the plot is that it follows Margot, a girl who lives with her emotionally abusive mother. Her mother has never told her anything about her family and so when Margot finds out where her grandmother lives, she heads off to learn more about her past. 
There are so many reasons why I think this book is a masterpiece. Power's plotting is impeccable. She drops hints slowly and steadily and each new piece of information just made me want to read faster. It's a strange book but Power handles the strangeness well by pairing it with quick, clear writing. The story is told in first person, and this works extremely well because as the reader, we have just as much information as Margot does. This also makes the emotional abuse and manipulation by her mother and grandmother visceral. I found that I was confused throughout the book but that worked because Margot was confused as well. The confusion throughout the book was rewarded by an answer at the end that made it all worth it. This story is incredible and makes me more excited for what Power writes next. If you're looking for something mysterious and strange, I cannot recommend 'Burn Our Bodies Down' enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

nxclx's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Great book, almost read all of it in one sitting, keeps you hooked and guessing about what's actually happening. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

All spoilers ahead: Some of the content warnings happen toward the end and so are a bit spoilery but are important to know as it gets dark kinda fast