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A review by grrrlbrarian
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I almost hit DNF about halfway through and kind of wish I had. Margot as a narrator is so melodramatic about everything, it made it difficult to care about anything in the story. The audiobook narrator was also giving it 100% on the emotional scale at all times, which again just felt like too much. I enjoyed the premise and the building tension through the story, as well as the lush and sometimes disturbing descriptions. The ending just felt like it belonged to a different story, there were too many loose ends and questions still remaining for me.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Gun violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Abortion and Confinement