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A review by radioactve_piano
Burn by Julianna Baggott
4.0
And yet another dystopian YA trilogy is added to my Read list.
This installment looked deeper into questions of power and morality, the idea of having a select few make decisions for others, the concept of romantic vs. friendly love, and the dangers of placing one's concept of a good life on someone else. I quite liked this book, including the ending. Things weren't tidy, which was refreshing (again, I guess I'm just comparing to The Hunger Games, which was much more shiny, happy people than I would have liked; the Divergent books ended more realistically, and this is akin to that).
Is this the best series I've ever read? No, but it is quality in a sea of easy-reading fluff fantasy, so I was pleased.
This installment looked deeper into questions of power and morality, the idea of having a select few make decisions for others, the concept of romantic vs. friendly love, and the dangers of placing one's concept of a good life on someone else. I quite liked this book, including the ending. Things weren't tidy, which was refreshing (again, I guess I'm just comparing to The Hunger Games, which was much more shiny, happy people than I would have liked; the Divergent books ended more realistically, and this is akin to that).
Is this the best series I've ever read? No, but it is quality in a sea of easy-reading fluff fantasy, so I was pleased.