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katalyst_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.25
bookish720's review against another edition
3.0
I am so glad that I have read 4 more PLL books! These books are so filled with drama, there's never a dull moment. I am getting kind of frustrated with all the who is A crap going on. It's kind of annoying how we still are no closer to finding out who A is and everyone you suspect to be A turns out to know nothing about anything. I won't be hopping right into reading the last 4 yet but I definately will be completing this series this year!
gbrown814's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ohanahannah's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Poor Emily she just cant catch a break. Also Hanna went full spy mode. Aria almost fucking died!!
wvmeg3's review against another edition
3.0
I love the Pretty Little Liars series but this is going on forever.... I'm thinking about giving up. I'm begging you Sara sheppard, please make the next one the last?
aginn's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
snugshelf's review against another edition
2.0
2.5ish
I really don't mind that Sara Shepard is drawing this series out to its last breath, but at least make it interesting! We all know that whatever the pretty little liars are thinking is wrong, and if all signs are pointing towards someone being A, they are assuredly not.
That being said, this series is still bubblegum for my brain. Fun to read, although ultimately unsatisfying. 12 books in, what's 4 more, amirite?
I really don't mind that Sara Shepard is drawing this series out to its last breath, but at least make it interesting! We all know that whatever the pretty little liars are thinking is wrong, and if all signs are pointing towards someone being A, they are assuredly not.
That being said, this series is still bubblegum for my brain. Fun to read, although ultimately unsatisfying. 12 books in, what's 4 more, amirite?
jade_flynn's review against another edition
2.0
The only reason I'm reading these now is to see who the THIRD 'A' is. I really couldn't care less about anything else.
polluxreads's review against another edition
1.0
Burned is book number four in the third arc of Pretty Little Liars. Honestly, I don't have much to say about this book.
Aria, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer are still being stalked by "A", the anonymous text messenger that is after them and out to destroy their lives. In Burned, the kids of Rosewood Day attend a cruise hosted by multiple schools around the area. The point of the cruise is to learn about the earth, using clean materials, etc. Of course, "A" has followed them onto the boat, and is still tormenting them about what happened that fateful night in Jamaica.
I only really had two problems with this book, though problems they were. First, of course, we have slut shaming. Emily's roommate on the cruise is from a religious private school, where Sara Shepard wrote all the girls as being overly promiscuous. Surprise, surprise. Emily's roommate's nickname is "Erin Bang Bang" because of how many people she's slept with. No one even refers to her by her real name, but instead by that, calling her "slutty" more than once. It's disgusting.
Speaking of disgusting, let's not forget how in the previous book, Hanna stalked her ex-boyfriend-now-turned-boyfriend-again's girlfriend of the time, Colleen. But in this book, Hanna refers to Colleen as "Mike's mistake."
I pray Sara Shepard really does not write any more of these books.
And so concludes Burned.
Aria, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer are still being stalked by "A", the anonymous text messenger that is after them and out to destroy their lives. In Burned, the kids of Rosewood Day attend a cruise hosted by multiple schools around the area. The point of the cruise is to learn about the earth, using clean materials, etc. Of course, "A" has followed them onto the boat, and is still tormenting them about what happened that fateful night in Jamaica.
I only really had two problems with this book, though problems they were. First, of course, we have slut shaming. Emily's roommate on the cruise is from a religious private school, where Sara Shepard wrote all the girls as being overly promiscuous. Surprise, surprise. Emily's roommate's nickname is "Erin Bang Bang" because of how many people she's slept with. No one even refers to her by her real name, but instead by that, calling her "slutty" more than once. It's disgusting.
Speaking of disgusting, let's not forget how in the previous book, Hanna stalked her ex-boyfriend-now-turned-boyfriend-again's girlfriend of the time, Colleen. But in this book, Hanna refers to Colleen as "Mike's mistake."
I pray Sara Shepard really does not write any more of these books.
And so concludes Burned.