Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling

77 reviews

kaylee1957's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

2.0

Felt like it was going to be a fast paced adventure with action, and solving the who dun it in fun YA Queer Magical setting, but unfortunately it was slow paced lacking action to drive the plot and focused on the teenage drama rather than character building and the plot

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Bullying, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

bloomingdruid's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

jodierose14's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

karapillar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kassidyreads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

rain_baby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia and Blood

_toni_'s review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

This book reads much more like middle grade than YA. There was a lot “considering” going on in this novel. ‘He considers me…she considers me…’ It got very repetitive. None of the characters besides Gemma were likable. Though it is addressed by the MC, the relationship between her and Veronica is beyond toxic and I despised reading about it. It was probably my least favorite part of the story BESIDES one thing. 
The twist villain is not a twist villain. It’s obvious right off the bat who the villain is and it was frustrating that Hannah couldn’t figure it out.
HOWEVER, I am very happy that lesbians and bisexual people got some good representation in this novel. That’s the one silver lining for me.
Overall though, this book was a miss for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

3.75

these witches don't burn was very predictable at times and sometimes i didn't exactly vibe with the writing, but it got a lot darker than i expected and it definitely sucked me in so much that i'll probably also read the sequel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved this reading.  Magic and covens with sapphic riddled through out - including not only the MC’s first ex gf but also another budding potential love interest.  

Unexpected villians and betrayals left me shocked and I’m so glad I own the second as ill be reading it asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

forrestalexander's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Blood

Minor: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia