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Burn by Patrick Ness

16 reviews

eviemay124's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Animal death, Xenophobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Violence

oliverlang's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

kaabtik's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.25

I was pleasantly surprised when I picked this up, expecting a world of fantasy and legend, where magic and prophecies were common occurrences in crusades.

This book had the magic, and the prophecies, but not in the way that you would expect.

A fast-paced, well executed book of contemporary fantasy set in the wake of war, <i>Burn</i> is a novel you'd need to set an afternoon reading—else your mind would be elsewhere doing anything else.

<b> ⚠ Heavy warning for Racism, Homophobia, War, and Death </b>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Violence

missindyrose's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Minor: Child death

dragonez's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Homophobia

wintersolace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Strange book.

I loved it.

I wish there were books like this. I love books that you can't easily classify. There is history. (Okay, alternative history, but it's founded on history.) There is fantasy. There is science fiction. There are relevant social issues. There is A LOT. All in a neat, little bundle with an interesting cast of characters that I rather enjoyed. Seriously. Give me more like this. Now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Violence, Death, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault