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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Bloody brilliant! Part horror, part thriller, plenty of pop culture references, a spunky female vicar. Very original and lots of strands coming together to a fantastic end. I loved it.
My fav read of the year so far! Thrilling, suspenseful and kept you engaged from the first page to the last! When Jack and her daughter Flo move for a job assignment strange things continue happening in the small town. Mysteries and cover ups unravel with old myths, legends, lies and unsolved crimes at the root of it all.
Reverend Jack ja tema teismeline tütar Flo kolivad väiksesse asulasse, millel on vägivaldne minevik ning ühtehoidev elanikkond. Küla keskmeks näib olevat mädanev ja lagunev, kuid sellegipoolest toimiv vana kirik, millesse reverend juba kahe nädala pärast tööle suundub. Kuid Jack ega Flo ei saa selles vaikses külas rahu- asukohas toimunu hakkab mõlemat üsna pea ning väga realistlikult tunduval moel ähvardama ning tasapisi hakkab kooruma ka reverendi seniavamata minevik.
Pingul, närvekõditav, haarav, obsessioonitekitav, psühholoogiline - see raamat täidab kõiki olulisi kriteeriume, mis teevad ühe põneviku heaks. Müstiline lugu keerleb kummaliste tegevuste ja lõpuni salapäraste tegelaskujude vahel nii, et lugejana ei oskagi arvata, kes on pahalased ning mida intrigeerivat veel loo lõpus korda saadetakse. Kirjapandu ei anna kuni viimase leheküljeni aimdust, kas lõpp tuleb õnnelik või morbiidne. Lugu on suurepärane ning tekitab adrenaliini ja janu aina rohkem ja rohkem põnevikke oma ajju neelata.
Heade raamatute lugemine on justkui positiivne sõltuvus.
Pingul, närvekõditav, haarav, obsessioonitekitav, psühholoogiline - see raamat täidab kõiki olulisi kriteeriume, mis teevad ühe põneviku heaks. Müstiline lugu keerleb kummaliste tegevuste ja lõpuni salapäraste tegelaskujude vahel nii, et lugejana ei oskagi arvata, kes on pahalased ning mida intrigeerivat veel loo lõpus korda saadetakse. Kirjapandu ei anna kuni viimase leheküljeni aimdust, kas lõpp tuleb õnnelik või morbiidne. Lugu on suurepärane ning tekitab adrenaliini ja janu aina rohkem ja rohkem põnevikke oma ajju neelata.
Heade raamatute lugemine on justkui positiivne sõltuvus.
I didn't see that ending coming! What a great mystery novel.
And for the sake of me always remembering what this book is about, here's my brief summary:
A vicar is accused of being responsible for a horrible incident. To avoid the bad press for a bit, she is relocated to a very rural community to serve as interim vicar. The town has secrets, everyone knows everyone's business, and death seems to plague this community. As the story unfolds, you find out more about the vicar and the town residents' true personalities.
**Includes language and somewhat graphic descriptions of murder scenes.
And for the sake of me always remembering what this book is about, here's my brief summary:
A vicar is accused of being responsible for a horrible incident. To avoid the bad press for a bit, she is relocated to a very rural community to serve as interim vicar. The town has secrets, everyone knows everyone's business, and death seems to plague this community. As the story unfolds, you find out more about the vicar and the town residents' true personalities.
**Includes language and somewhat graphic descriptions of murder scenes.
dark
mysterious
tense
Y E S. So good. A great creepy and unsettling story. I loved every moment of it, though I could have done without the slightly weird and in-your-face anti technology ramble near the end.
After something horrific happens at her last church, Reverend Jack and her daughter Flo are sent to Chapel Croft. Reverend Jack is eager for the fresh start, though Flo is reluctant to leave her friends in the city to go to the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, the town proves to be anything but boring - long ago, two young girls were punished, tortured, and burned at the stake. Ever since then, the town celebrates these martyrs with the Burning Girls celebration, where they create straw dolls and...burn them. More recently, 15 years ago two other girls suddenly went missing, never to be found again. Shortly after, the family of one of the girl's vanishes as well, similarly never being heard from again. Reverend Jack is only invited back after the sudden and untimely death of their last vicar, who only recently hung himself in the church.
Their welcome is anything but pleasant - the church itself is falling apart, their cottage has no internet access, and someone keeps leaving burning dolls, creepy scripture, and exorcism kits on their doorstep. Before long Jack is pulled into the mystery of the town, determined to find out what happened to the two missing girls, and what could have drawn the last vicar to his death.
After something horrific happens at her last church, Reverend Jack and her daughter Flo are sent to Chapel Croft. Reverend Jack is eager for the fresh start, though Flo is reluctant to leave her friends in the city to go to the middle of nowhere. Fortunately, the town proves to be anything but boring - long ago, two young girls were punished, tortured, and burned at the stake. Ever since then, the town celebrates these martyrs with the Burning Girls celebration, where they create straw dolls and...burn them. More recently, 15 years ago two other girls suddenly went missing, never to be found again. Shortly after, the family of one of the girl's vanishes as well, similarly never being heard from again. Reverend Jack is only invited back after the sudden and untimely death of their last vicar, who only recently hung himself in the church.
Their welcome is anything but pleasant - the church itself is falling apart, their cottage has no internet access, and someone keeps leaving burning dolls, creepy scripture, and exorcism kits on their doorstep. Before long Jack is pulled into the mystery of the town, determined to find out what happened to the two missing girls, and what could have drawn the last vicar to his death.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
TLDR: I did not like this book. I was looking for an audiobook that would keep me awake during late night nursing sessions, so I guess this did the job, but I had so many issues with Burning Girls. I found the setting intriguing, but I think the author was just trying to do too much. There were too many side characters and plot lines, and the story felt a bit all over the place. Some of these plot lines were ableist and racist, which is just really problematic and was also totally unnecessary for the story. On a positive note, I liked the narrators and short chapters.
One star taken off because I would’ve liked more development into the past story and the background to why two characters became so twisted.
As a Sussex girl, I was slightly bugged what was meant to be Heathfield was somehow Henfield
As a Sussex girl, I was slightly bugged what was meant to be Heathfield was somehow Henfield
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There was so much going on in this book and I loved it. A new vicar named Jack and their teenage daughter Flo moved to a tiny village full of mystery and drama. Jack is replacing the previous vicar at the village chapel whom Jack later finds out committed suicide. The village is very proud of their burning girl history - 500 years ago two girls were hanged and then burned and then declared martyrs for their religion. Then later in more recent history like 30 years ago two teenage girls mysteriously disappear, never to be seen again. The new vicar Jack and daughter are swept up in the drama and mystery of the small village the first day they arrive. Flo makes teen enemies straight away and Jack is greeted with hostility and mysterious gifts left at their doorstep. I highly recommend this book if you are into thrillers. I truly had a hard time putting it down.