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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

35 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

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, Abandonment, Bullying, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Car accident

emjuddz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

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

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jonesy_1977's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book and its twists and turns. Didn't guess the ending at all. If you love psychological thrillers like I do, I totally recommend giving this author a go. It's my first book by C.J. Tudor but definitely won't be my last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Physical abuse

beautifulnarcissus's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

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

soffimarie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Ich konnte das Buch auf einer langen Busfahrt in beinahe einem Stück lesen, es war trotz des sehr langatmigen Anfangs also doch spannend genug, um dran zu bleiben ;) 
Dennoch muss ich sagen, dass mir die Vorgeschichte (auch wenn es im Nachhinein irgendwie Sinn ergibt) zu slow-paced war. 
Auf den ultimativen Plottwist bin ich bis zum Ende nicht gekommen, für mich sind aber dennoch zu viele Fragen offen

Spoiler

Woher kam Wrigley zum Beispiel? Warum musste er zur Adoption freigegeben werden?

 

Insgesamt kurzweilig und unterhaltsam, die Auseinandersetzung mit der englischen Kirche fand ich sehr interessant, auch wenn ich nicht überprüfen kann, ob das, was die Protagonistin erlebt/worüber sie nachdenkt, alles der Wahrheit entspricht.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, and Vomit