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A review by mollywetta
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han, Siobhan Vivian
1.0
I think I've finally calmed down enough to explain why I didn't like this book.
Don't get me wrong, it's highly readable. From reading [b:The List|10866233|The List|Siobhan Vivian|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1310098306s/10866233.jpg|15781430] I already knew that Sibohan Vivian could plot a mystery and handle multiple perspectives. I didn't love that book, but I didn't hate it the way I hated this one.
I thought a story of girls out for revenge had potential. But the reason that one of the girls sets out to get revenge—she is raped, then finds her younger sister in bed with her friend and assumes he also took advantage of her—really upset me. Especially when it seems even as she is plotting and scheming against him that she has feelings for him, as well.
I don't think that authors are obligated to depict the reactions characters have to being raped in any particular way. People deal with it in their own way. But the way the incident is completely glossed over seems wrong.
There's also a lot of slut shaming going on in this book, and it's always something I hate to see in fiction.
The supernatural twist at the end ruined what I thought could have been a good contemporary story. I thought it rushed and unnecessary. I didn't like this book. At all.
Don't get me wrong, it's highly readable. From reading [b:The List|10866233|The List|Siobhan Vivian|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1310098306s/10866233.jpg|15781430] I already knew that Sibohan Vivian could plot a mystery and handle multiple perspectives. I didn't love that book, but I didn't hate it the way I hated this one.
I thought a story of girls out for revenge had potential. But the reason that one of the girls sets out to get revenge—she is raped, then finds her younger sister in bed with her friend and assumes he also took advantage of her—really upset me. Especially when it seems even as she is plotting and scheming against him that she has feelings for him, as well.
I don't think that authors are obligated to depict the reactions characters have to being raped in any particular way. People deal with it in their own way. But the way the incident is completely glossed over seems wrong.
There's also a lot of slut shaming going on in this book, and it's always something I hate to see in fiction.
The supernatural twist at the end ruined what I thought could have been a good contemporary story. I thought it rushed and unnecessary. I didn't like this book. At all.