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\"40745002\"Title:<\/strong> The Burning<\/em>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Laura Bates
\nGenre:<\/strong> YA, contemporary
\nType:<\/strong> Paperback
\nPublisher:\u00a0<\/strong>Simon Schuster Children’s UK<\/p>\n

A rumour is like a fire. You might think you\u2019ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames<\/i>…<\/b><\/p>\n

New school.
\nTick.
\nNew town.
\nTick.
\nNew surname.
\nTick.
\nSocial media profiles?
\nErased.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing to trace Anna back to her old life. Nothing to link her to the \u2018incident\u2019.<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s what she thinks… until the whispers start up again. As time begins to run out on her secrets, Anna finds herself irresistibly drawn to the tale of Maggie, a local girl accused of witchcraft centuries earlier. A girl whose story has terrifying parallels to Anna\u2019s own…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I received this copy in exchange for an honest review from Definitely Books (Pansing). All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you Pansing!<\/em><\/p>\n

This book is available where all good books are.<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever read a book that you have to keep putting down because it hits you too hard? Even though you have never experienced the exact events taking place in the book, the emotions feel too raw and real for you to face in one sitting. A book that punches you in the stomach, reaches in, grabs your insides and squeezes and twists until you want to throw up a little from the emotional upheaval you are facing.<\/p>\n

This was that book for me.<\/p>\n

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Content warnings for: mentions of rape, torture, murder, slut shaming.
\n(I am probably missing a few, and for that, I am sorry.)<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The cover of the copy I have states that this is a book that every teen girl needs to read. I agree. I also think this is a book that everyone<\/strong> needs to read. It is uncomfortable and raw, and it highlights things that every woman has faced in her life – the misogyny in their lives, the societal expectations, the pressures, and the unfairness of it all.<\/p>\n

The novel shows two parallel storylines – that of Anna, and 400 years before her, that of Maggie. Both these girls face hardships that are very similar, and the thing that struck me most was that for all our progress, in a lot of ways, nothing has changed for women.<\/p>\n

The author used different tenses and voices for the two storylines, and it made the read very atmospheric. It worked surprisingly well, something I honestly did not expect the first time we switched point of views.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if I will read this book again – it was super intense and made me feel a roller coaster of emotions – but it is a very necessary story, and I know I\u2019m going to keep the copy for my daughter to read when she\u2019s older.<\/p>\n

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