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A review by nelehjr
Burned by Ellen Hopkins
3.0
I don't quite know what to think of this one.
I think the author did a shawty job of portraying Pattyn's religious trauma. I'm not Mormon but I have some experience. I even left The Church for three years. I realize everyone is different, but Pattyn's willingness to jump into sex felt unrealistic.
About 3/4 of the way in I got bored with this book. Which was unfortunate. Pattyn was fighting a liberal mountain lion!
And just, listening to the author spout off about true love, until I swear I'm like "Is that you God? I'm trying to listen. I don't know about obey. But I hear you." They lay out this beautiful story of true love, second chances, etc. And then it all gets ripped away so that Pattyn becomes the next school shooter! What the heck!
Her becoming a school shooter wasn't unrealistic, in my humble opinion, but the sex was.
The last quarter of the book was just unsatisfying.
I think the author did a shawty job of portraying Pattyn's religious trauma. I'm not Mormon but I have some experience. I even left The Church for three years. I realize everyone is different, but Pattyn's willingness to jump into sex felt unrealistic.
About 3/4 of the way in I got bored with this book. Which was unfortunate. Pattyn was fighting a liberal mountain lion!
And just, listening to the author spout off about true love, until I swear I'm like "Is that you God? I'm trying to listen. I don't know about obey. But I hear you." They lay out this beautiful story of true love, second chances, etc. And then it all gets ripped away so that Pattyn becomes the next school shooter! What the heck!
Her becoming a school shooter wasn't unrealistic, in my humble opinion, but the sex was.
The last quarter of the book was just unsatisfying.