I read books ONLY based on the COVER!

[@zachreads]

I read 'Burn Our Bodies Down" by Rory Power and gave it 4.5☆s, it was also a quick read with interesting elements. I own Wilder Girls but haven't gotten to it yet

[@thebookishjulie]

uhh interesting, I like that title! let me know when you read wilder girls, I'd love to hear your opinion on it :)

[@zachreads]

Wilder Girls spoilers The first ⅓ I was very interested and invested. But it did unravele quite quickly after that. I agree with everything you said. Some of the criticisms I'd add are 1: how the adults and the government act like they would in a bad childens TV show, for example, most of the food being thrown out bc it as cartoonishly obvious that they tampered with it. 2: the Tox didnt make sense or have a satisfyingly explanation, they said it was a parasite but that didn't explain why both plant and animal characteristics would appear. Also it never expplained why the age mattered and different groups changed differently. 3 like you said the sapphic elements didnt go anywhere, that wpuld have been the only reationship type available so it would have been nor.aluzed and there was no reason Hetti would feel angsty about it. I agree it was too long. I also think it would have been better if it hadn't started over a year into the Tox outbreak and the timeline was much shorter. A different explanation that was alien or supernatural would also have helped. I gave it 2.75☆ which is pretty good for an ambitious first book like this but it could have been better. It wasn't perfect either but "Burn our bodies down" by Rory power was much better

[@thebookishjulie]

I totally agree that a different explanation and leaning more into the magical/supernatural side would have totally helped. There was definitely potential there