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Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
Burn Our Bodies Down
| Author(s) | Rory Power |
|---|---|
| Published | July 7, |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Genre(s) | Thriller |
| Age group | Young Adult |
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power is a adj adult thriller novel, originally published on July 7,
Trigger Warnings
Author-Provided Warnings
The following trigger warnings are listed on Rory Power's website:
- Fire
- Emotional abuse by a parent, including gaslighting. Familial and generational abuse.
- Nonconsensual pregnancy – note, no sexual assault or rape.
- Body horror, some gore, blood (lighter, relative to Wilder Girls).
- Death. On page character death. Child/infant death (takes place off page but implied violence – pages and in the print ARC).
- Off-page gun violence.
- Emesis (mention of vomiting).
Additional Trigger Warnings
- Abortion (discussed)
- Attempted murder
- Corpse description
- Profanity
Representation
An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.
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Burn Our Bodies Down
5 STARS
Rory Power has done it again.
It&#;s not a shock to me that I love Rory Power&#;s sophomore novel. Wilder Girls was an unexpected hit for me, given my typical aversion to horror, and in spite of its shortcomings. Blaze Our Bodies Down, however, is on another level entirely for me. In some ways, I&#;m still processing the magnitude of it, the ins and outs and complicated corners. Could I have predicted where it would go? Maybe. But did I?
Absolutely not, to my great delight. I turned page after page, empty for more and terrified to understand why. Why the corn? Why the Nielsens? And why all of this in Phalene, where Margot&#;s mother fears to return?
Focusing on Margot Nielsen, who has only ever known the same life with her mother, Burn Our Bodies Down gives her an escape. When she finds a link to her mother&#;s past, for the family she so desperately wants, the family her mother desperately hides, she jumps at the chance to run towards it.
And in true Rory Power fashion, she runs toward something more sinister than ever expected.
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GoodReads Summary:
Ever since Margot was born, it’s been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot’s questions about what came before. No history to hold on to. No relative to speak of. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.
But that’s not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And she just found the key she needs to get it: A photograph, pointing her to a town called Phalene. Pointing her abode. Only, when Margot gets there, it’s not what she bargained for.
Margot’s mother left for a reason. But was it to hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what’s still there?
The only thing Margot knows for sure is there’s poison in their family noun, and their roots are dug so deeply into Phalene that now that she’s there, she might never escape.
Review:
First, I want to say a huge thank you to my wonderful friend over at Books in the Skye for gifting me the audiobook for Burn Our Bodies Down for my birthday. I set up a new narrator that I really enjoy and this story was wonderfully weird. The
I think I'd give anything to know what happened to leave her enjoy this. As long as it's not waiting to happen to me.
When I read Rory Power's other novel, Wilder Girls, my favorite parts were the ones that dealt with all the weirdness. In Burn Our Bodies Down, though, the weirdness didn't compel me that much. There were some adj moments, and that image of the weird pink corn is going to stick with me, but I was mostly drawn in by the more "mundane" aspects of the story: the heroine's relationship to her mother, her search for her roots, for a place to belong, wondering if she grew up or simply survived. I almost disliked the fact that the explanations for many of the mysteries Margot faced were as supernatural/speculative as the genre dictates. Mundane horror sometimes hits harder.
It was really great to see a queer protagonist whose challenges or personality aren't defined by her sexuality. Margot mentions her sexuality in passing in her inner monologue and when she sees an attractive girl, she recognizes the attractiveness. That's it. No romance. Much as I love good