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Loading... Burn Our Bodies Down (2020)by Rory Power
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. That was a rollercoaster ( ) I do not get it. The story was way too simplistic to be a complete book for me. Getting to the ending/payoff was painful bc nothing was happening. Don’t get me wrong, the book is full of beautiful/creepy atmosphere and an A setting, but I need more than that— I need character development and plot (and a lot of it). There were so many threads started that never went anywhere and were never followed up on. And the big reveal was just.... disappointing. It felt like it should’ve been something cooler and weirder than what it was. What it was was predictable and I didn’t want that. I read Wilder Girls and then Burn Our Bodies Down. I think my central issue is that I need a more inquisitive protagonist. Power's protagonists just *drop* the issues that arise and those issues are more fascinating to me than the emotional aftermath. Power definitely focuses on the emotional story. The relationships in Burn Our Bodies Down were very problematic. All of them. The mother/daughter relationship was especially abusive and difficult to read. At the same time, these relationships stayed surface level and uninvestigated-- the characters reminded me of VC Andrews writing. As with Wilder Girls, there are many, many unanswered questions remaining at the end of the book. Some it seemed like we would get an answer to-- but no. I'm referring here... to say it without spoilers-- to the apricots and the eating of the apricots??? no reviews | add a review
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"Margot doesn't know anything about her family, beyond her quiet life with her mother. But she wants more and when she finds a clue that leads her to a town called Phalene, she leaves to investigate. Only Phalene and her family history are full of secrets, some that may prove more dangerous and deadly than Margot ever could have bargained for"-- No library descriptions found. |
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