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rain_baby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Car accident
Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Minor: Biphobia and Blood
emilyrose_isreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
The witchcraft was also worked in nicely in a way that still made the book feel realistic, witches can't do everything with their magic and because they're hiding in plain sight they were just like normal people but with a secret.
This is a novel for teens so they characters felt a bit young at times however I enjoyed it enough that I want to read the sequel and would suggest this to other young adults who don't mind younger characters.
Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia
forrestalexander's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Death, Blood, and Animal death
Minor: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Emotional abuse
disnelyse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia and Biphobia
malupastafrola's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Car accident
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Sexual content, and Biphobia
solarel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
But! The second half really picked up and once the pieces all fell into place the story actually took hold. The stakes increased with every mistake and Hannah’s reactions felt very real. I don’t cry for books often and twice I was tearing up.
For a YA some of the silly teen-isms are to be expected. I’m glad I pushed through to read the second half. It was fun.
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
emmasbelovedbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Bullying
enchantressreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Hannah Walsh is a junior in high school and lives in Salem, Mass. She works at a witch shop called the Night Cauldron. She goes on dates, she does her homework. She's also a witch. A real one, with magical powers. She has the power to manipulate the elements, called an Elemental Witch.
Cool, right?
These Witches Don't Burn sounded, to me, like a really cool fantasy novel. I thought it would be high action, a little bit of teen drama, and hopefully a satisfying "good for her" ending. I was warned a little bit beforehand, but it was not that. It was teen drama with maybe a splash of witchy action. That is, if you understood what was going on in the first place.
There is a story that happened before the beginning of this novel that doesn't really get explained. It wouldn't matter, but it's essential for understanding the plot of this story. From what I understand, Isabel Sterling did publish a prequel novella, but I really couldn't be bothered to read it. The characters annoyed me, the plotline annoyed me, and everyone was entitled and rich. I don't think there was a single person of color in this book. It was queer, yeah, but at this point I really didn't care. If I had to hear Veronica be referred to as "my ex" one more time, I was going to scream.
Normally, most people would have DNFed this book, but I kept going. Regardless of it being poorly constructed with bland characters, it was entertaining. I wanted to see what happened next in this train wreck.
To end it all on a high note since I kind of destroyed this book: it wasn't badly written. The plot had some holes and looked like a first draft, but it wasn't the worst thing I've read. There were some really good scenes in the book, and the climax honestly threw me for a loop and I may have shed a tear. I probably won't be reading the rest of the series, but I'm not mad that I read this book. It may not have been for me, but some people may enjoy it more than I did.
Graphic: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Animal death
Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia
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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Peccato per il finale, troppo veloce e un po' raffazzonato, in quanto altrimenti questo libro sarebbe sicuramente risultato sulle 4 stelle piene.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, and Homophobia
Minor: Gun violence and Biphobia
iksme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Alcohol, Biphobia, and Lesbophobia