Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

27 reviews

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

noahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

astralbooks's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

directorpurry's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Abortion

mapscitiesandsongs's review

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

abby271's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Emotional abuse

danileah07's review

dark tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

lindsayrae114's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was like reading a Twilight Zone episode. It took way too long to get going; I almost gave up. But the last hundred pages ramped up the thrill! I definitely thought I saw the ending coming, but was pleasantly surprised. The ending almost redeemed the slow burn (pun aptly intended)I tended, but not quite. I wouldn't recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

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