Reviews

She's Too Pretty to Burn: A Novel by Wendy Heard

ivannna_u's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

sarahbass's review against another edition

4.5

didn’t know what this book was about but it was not what i expected. i really liked it and read it so quickly i couldn’t stop reading lol. it wasn’t a book that took forever to get going which i liked and was an easy read. i think not knowing what the the picture of dorian gray was really helped because i couldn’t compare it

alexx_nickh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

lexiana0558's review against another edition

3.0

The premise of the book is what drew me in: “Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray?” Yes, please. However, this just didn’t do it for me. Everything about this book was farfetched.

None of the main characters were likeable. We have Mick, who doesn’t like to get her picture taken and overreacts about it. Then there’s Veronica, who doesn’t seem to understand the concept of consent and makes the dumbest decisions. And finally there’s Nico, who’s an over exaggerated villain for absolutely no reason. There’s nothing redeemable about any of them. The side characters were just as useless.

The plot didn’t help either as none of it was believable. And the ending was just ?????

Anyways, the best part of this is the cover

lxmns's review against another edition

Had to go back to the library because it was overdue (even though I'd literally only checked it out like the week before??)

laraverse's review against another edition

3.0

2.5 rounded up

man, this is probably my most disappointing read of 2022. i was so excited for this.

(a lot of this is my own personal taste, and i can see why people would love this book!)

i’ll be honest, it did get better for me after reading about 50%, and it is an incredibly quick read, so it has that going for it. the last third in particular was pretty good, too! but the beginning, some of the mannerisms of these characters, and some plot points just weren’t believable. i wanted so much more from this story :(

i still think this was nice to read, and it did pick up, as i said, about halfway through. i just personally expected something else, i think!

agillingham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

faeriesparks's review against another edition

4.0

i'm just gonna leave this clip of me finishing the book here
https://www.twitch.tv/faeriesparks/clip/QuaintDirtyYogurtSMOrc-KUuzWembJ4Wf4lkt

megajojo's review against another edition

2.0

I never write reviews but I had high hopes for this and wow, was this disappointing.

We get it. He just…wants to kill people. For no reason. He’s just evil, I guess.

This book felt interminable. It took an eternity to ramp up and then the end was just too much

femiamarisa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0