A review by sprout_monster
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

adventurous dark mysterious
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Very good, liked the plot, but also very YA with a cringey crush and "finding who you really are" undertones. Also it didn't really feel real and I didn't get lost in the scenes, like I felt removed from what was happening and sometimes things were just told and not shown very well, but that's really hard to do. And I assume the 70s history parts are true, though there wasn't an author's note about it, so I have no idea other than things I've learned about like redlining and slum lords. I definitely think a couple pages of an author 's note on the true history would've made the book a bit more impactful, but maybe the author didn't actually intend people to learn about history from the book.
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