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The Last Thing to Burn
by Will Dean
Ok wow. What do I even say about this book? I chose this on a whim when browsing through audiobooks and boy am I glad I did. The synopsis sounded good, but it far exceeded any expectations I had for it.
I am a slow reader. I have kids that constantly take up my time and I have to read on my free time. Audiobooks are a little easier because I can still get housework done and therefore get a little more reading time in, but I still can’t usually listen for long. So the fact that I finished this book in a day should tell you how much I enjoyed this book. I wanted to go to bed with 2.5 hours left, but each chapter was such a cliffhanger that I ended up accidentally listening to one more chapter, one more chapter… for another 2.5 hours. I stayed up way past my bedtime and now l’m paying for it today. I’m a total zombie, but it was worth it.
I haven’t been able to finish a book this quickly in so long. I literally can’t remember the last time I finished a book in a day.
This is basically a fictionalization on human trafficking. Jane moved to the U.S. from Vietnam and ends up running into some bad luck which gets her to meet with the wrong guy who inevitably takes her back home as a slave. She’s been trapped there for years. But when she has a baby and he takes a new victim, she decides she has one last chance to escape. Can she do it?
I really enjoyed Room and other books I’ve read where people are held captive. The plot sounded so interesting, which is what ultimately drew me to the book.
The characters were so well written. Len is a despicable character, and you can’t help but hate him. Jane, who’s name isn’t really Jane, is such a lost and innocent soul who has nothing left in the world except for the handful of possessions she’s been allowed to keep but a new one gets burned with every little infraction she commits. You learn her story as the book progresses, and you find your heart breaking for all the hardship she had to endure.
Each character he introduces has a purpose, and you have a range of emotions for all of them. When you find something out at the end, something about Jane’s sister, you’re left shook. You feel like the story can go one of two ways. Either she escapes, or she doesn’t. But the author still manages to throw a twist in there that will rattle you.
I didn’t want the book to end. Every time a chapter ended I had to keep reading so I could figure out what would happen next.
I will definitely be looking out for anything else this author writes.
This is a 4.5 star rounded up. I did knock a half star off because I had one minor issue with something in the story that wasn’t fully explained.
I am a slow reader. I have kids that constantly take up my time and I have to read on my free time. Audiobooks are a little easier because I can still get housework done and therefore get a little more reading time in, but I still can’t usually listen for long. So the fact that I finished this book in a day should tell you how much I enjoyed this book. I wanted to go to bed with 2.5 hours left, but each chapter was such a cliffhanger that I ended up accidentally listening to one more chapter, one more chapter… for another 2.5 hours. I stayed up way past my bedtime and now l’m paying for it today. I’m a total zombie, but it was worth it.
I haven’t been able to finish a book this quickly in so long. I literally can’t remember the last time I finished a book in a day.
This is basically a fictionalization on human trafficking. Jane moved to the U.S. from Vietnam and ends up running into some bad luck which gets her to meet with the wrong guy who inevitably takes her back home as a slave. She’s been trapped there for years. But when she has a baby and he takes a new victim, she decides she has one last chance to escape. Can she do it?
I really enjoyed Room and other books I’ve read where people are held captive. The plot sounded so interesting, which is what ultimately drew me to the book.
The characters were so well written. Len is a despicable character, and you can’t help but hate him. Jane, who’s name isn’t really Jane, is such a lost and innocent soul who has nothing left in the world except for the handful of possessions she’s been allowed to keep but a new one gets burned with every little infraction she commits. You learn her story as the book progresses, and you find your heart breaking for all the hardship she had to endure.
Each character he introduces has a purpose, and you have a range of emotions for all of them. When you find something out at the end, something about Jane’s sister, you’re left shook. You feel like the story can go one of two ways. Either she escapes, or she doesn’t. But the author still manages to throw a twist in there that will rattle you.
I didn’t want the book to end. Every time a chapter ended I had to keep reading so I could figure out what would happen next.
I will definitely be looking out for anything else this author writes.
This is a 4.5 star rounded up. I did knock a half star off because I had one minor issue with something in the story that wasn’t fully explained.