Garotas em Chamas

“The problem with history is that it’s rarely dead and buried.”

Small towns love a good tragedy. They hold onto old stories like the Chapel Croft martyrs just to keep their secrets buried deeper.

“Everyone has secrets. Everyone is a liar.”

Jack Brooks trying to be a good priest while raising a teen daughter felt so real. It shows how hard it is to protect someone from your own past.

“The burning girls. A reminder of the past. A warning for the future.”

The twig dolls left as warnings gave me the chills. It is wild how a simple piece of wood can feel like a death threat when neighbors turn cold.

Flo being the outsider at her new school hit home. It captures that specific fear of being the new kid in a place where everyone else has known each other forever.