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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

32 reviews

luverbyrd's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Pedophilia, Torture, and Toxic relationship

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This was a lot of fun, my second C.J. Tudor book and I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for more of hers.

I really enjoyed all of the overlapping mystery plots that ran throughout this, and the tension maintained throughout. Great characters that were easy to get attached to, but complex and mysterious at the same time. I loved the small town setting, the historical witchy/occult vibes, and some of the wider themes explored.

My only minor criticisms is some unnecessary romance plots that for me felt a little forced in there, but thats a personal preference and they were very minor parts of the story. And secondly, there's the whole main character knows something we don't but won't tell us plot throughout that I normally find quite irritating in thrillers, but tbf I didn't mind it so much in this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Violence

booksnbrooches's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.0

I greatly enjoyed the opening of this book. It had ghost girls, religious fervor, and a creepy setting, what more did I need? Unfortunately, I found the main story less than appealing. I was hoping for more of the supernatural side of things, and that isn’t what happened. Maybe my own expectations let me down. 

Still, it was a fast paced thriller. I loved the writing style and would be willing to read more of the author’s work in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Stalking

maisiedodds's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

bluejayreads's review

dark mysterious

3.75

This book is sad, dark, and incredibly intense. It goes hard on the mystery elements, and even though there's some hints of the supernatural, most of it is entirely human. Everyone has secrets, the question is just how they fit together. I called several of the twists at 51% of the way through, but I didn't spot all of them, which surprised me. There's heavy questions about whether people can be truly inherently evil or if "good" and "evil" are defined by our actions and everyone has the capacity to choose. I didn't expect to like this one very much, but it was surprisingly good. I didn't adore it, but I did enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Pedophilia

Romantic partner death, unreality

zeeck07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

livsreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

1.5

.5 star for the storyline (particularly, the ending), but the perpetuation of harmful racial stereotypes was incredibly disappointment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

saraellenme's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Drug abuse, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Grief

danidamico's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Me gustó. La realidad es que no soy fanática de los thrillers que se apoyan tanto en revelaciones y giros inesperados, peeero de vez en cuando leo alguno para oxigenar un poco mis lecturas entre otros libros más densos. 

Debo decir que ninguno de los giros de The Burning Girls me sorprendió demasiado, sin embargo, me parece que la trama está bien desarrollada y termina teniendo cierto sentido, está construida de un modo que no resulta insoportablemente descabellado, sólo un poco, como suele ocurrir en estas novelas. 

También me interesaron algunos de los temas abordados, sobre todo el maltrato infantil y el abuso ejercido especialmente sobre niñas. Los elementos de terror que tiene funcionan bastante bien. En fin, fue una lectura decente que me mantuvo enganchada. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Child death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Outing, Suicide, Bullying, and Homophobia