Reviews

Die Brandstifter by R.O. Kwon

ker1anne's review against another edition

3.75

hard to follow as an audiobook at first but very interesting. not too much character development so the backstories felt a little lacking but the overall plot was enticing 

katieana_210's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

mcgrathprj's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

jacqueline55a81's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

kelswid's review against another edition

4.25

I felt it stalled out a bit near the end but goddamn R.O. Kwon can WRITE!!!

katharim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

thatblushingbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

laurenscholle's review against another edition

2.0

the writing was beautiful at times and at other times it was so choppy I wanted to stop reading. it had the potential to be such an interesting book but the plot was not fleshed out :(

sschocking's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

amywoolsey_93's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

The Incendiaries is a love story with the tight structure of a thriller, its clipped sentences rushing forward like the spark that lights a stick of dynamite. It moves almost too fast. With Phoebe's perspective limited to one or two-page fragments, the inner workings and philosophy of Jejah remain vague (what makes this different from any other fundamentalist Christian cult?), and her arc from skeptic to disciple feels contrived. R.O. Kwon writes vividly about the process of losing faith, less so about the process of gaining faith.