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Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

36 reviews

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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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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random19379's review

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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

3.75

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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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hannahthelibrary's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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e_liz's review

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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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