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A review by kat_atch
The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix
3.0
Okay- I have put off writing a review for this book for a long while now, but I think it is time. Some of the arguments about the problematic aspects of this book are not necessarily supported by the text, though I think that careful editing and rigorous sensitivity reading could have polished this book up better.
BESIDES the accusations of problematic elements:
This book isn't great. It not necessarily bad in the technical aspects of how it was written or the crafting of the storyline, but it was kind of predictable and I personally think the author should have made it either 100 pages longer for more nuance, or cut 100 pages to make it more concise. It sits in a weird limbo where there are some aspects of the story are fully fleshed out and feel well developed but some of them are left to interpretation or feel surface level. Furthermore, its pacing felt awkward and slow in some spots that made it feel too long. I can read a mediocre fantasy book and have a good time as long as I am not bored. There were certainly parts of this book where I felt bored.
BESIDES the accusations of problematic elements:
This book isn't great. It not necessarily bad in the technical aspects of how it was written or the crafting of the storyline, but it was kind of predictable and I personally think the author should have made it either 100 pages longer for more nuance, or cut 100 pages to make it more concise. It sits in a weird limbo where there are some aspects of the story are fully fleshed out and feel well developed but some of them are left to interpretation or feel surface level. Furthermore, its pacing felt awkward and slow in some spots that made it feel too long. I can read a mediocre fantasy book and have a good time as long as I am not bored. There were certainly parts of this book where I felt bored.