Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Burn Our Bodies Down: Roman | Manche Geheimnisse hinterlassen Spuren, die nicht einmal ein Feuer auslöschen kann. by Rory Power

32 reviews

nxclx's review against another edition

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

iviarelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

I think most good books aren't good because they do something totally new, they're good because they take the established tropes of a format and they fill in the spaces and details in interesting ways. That's what this book does. It's a horror-mystery-thriller about family, and it's such a slow burn (pun intended) that some may find it intolerable. The plot beats are predictable, and the characters thinly developed. And yet, it does a lot of little things that speak deeply to me.

Which is to say, I loved it. As I was reading, I was a little let down that it wasn't more like Wilder Girls, which wasn't fair to this book or to Power. But now that I've finished, the longer I think about it, the more I prefer Burn Our Bodies Down. It's a story I'll be thinking about in off-moments for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Confinement