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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

46 reviews

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Outing

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

Unfortunately I was able to easily guess the major twist of this book. I did still get a small surprise with the minor twist but overall a little disappointed by the end of the book. I feel like a lot of my disappointment involves minor or major spoilers so I'm not going to say much. I felt the characters were a little flat or misrepresented, the major things that make this book "spooky" were kinda shrugged off, and I didn't like that the ending still felt like nothing happened or changed much.
Despite my disappointment I did still enjoy the read, otherwise this would have promptly been DNFd but I just wasn't fully satisfied.
Maybe I will like past books by this author more because I did like the flow of the writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

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

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, 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, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

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

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Pedophilia, Torture, Murder, and Pregnancy

jasminechocklettslee'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: Mental illness and Suicide

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

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bluejayreads's review against another edition

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: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Pedophilia

Romantic partner death, unreality