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Burn by Patrick Ness

16 reviews

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, War, and Xenophobia

eviemay124's review

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

rachelditty's review

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

3.75

While I've always been a fan of Patrick Ness, I was apprehensive to pick up this book. I'm not usually one for fantasy. But I'm very happily surprised with where this book went.

I loved Sarah and Jason, their friendship and their relationships with their families. The dragon, Chasamiere (I listened to the audiobook, so I'm not sure how his name is spelt) was a favorite from the first time we got to meet him, snarky and confident. He also ate a racist and talked about his attraction to other men when he was in human form, so how could I not love him? Malcom and Nelson were also a loveable duo, though at times I felt their relationship was moving a bit fast. There's not a doubt in my mind they found each other again at the end of the story. Have to say though, I was a bit weirded out when Malcom decided to just... kiss his double from the other dimension? That was an interesting choice. Overall a fun read, but I'm not sure I see myself picking it up again anytime soon. Well done, Ness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Xenophobia

beccaand's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

Another strong reason why Patrick Ness is one of my favourite authors. Dragons! Religious fanaticism! Multiverse! All things I find very interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Child death and Animal death

coreym's review

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Rape, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, and Cancer