Reviews tagging 'Death'

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

73 reviews

greylandreviews's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

 If this book was just about Travis and the cult I probably would've loved this book. But after his chapters the plot just became jumbled. The ending was very anticlimactic and left me wanting more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Pregnancy, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Gore

arayo's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, and Death

emeryboyd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

The last few chapters picked up the pace to the point I stayed up late reading. I was so drawn into the story I felt the fear of the characters as the story came to an end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

jessiejonesbentley's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Gaslighting

auudrey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Sexism

blissofalife's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I spent most of the book confused, and the twists and explanations felt like a reach but a very original plot and like-able main characters. “The Village (2004)” vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Body horror

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Torture, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

kristinv20's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

this had a great premise but it just ended up being really underwhelming, i called the big twist less than a third of the way into the book and didn't really have fun putting together all the pieces like i did with other thrillers i figured out fast. the ending was kind of underwhelming and the process of getting there just didn't click well for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

mtnest's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

If this entire book had been about Travis, I would have been way more interested. One of my least favorite tropes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Murder

mybookishdelights's review

DNF at page 20. I'm actually bummed about this. I love Shea Ernshaw's writing and loved her two previous books. Unfortunately, this one has content that I can't handle and it's too scary. And I'm a scaredy-cat. 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

hillbilly_heroine's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It’s a fun page-turner but relies on some weird old chestnuts to move the plot forward, e.g. that visually impaired people have super-human hearing. The big reveal was oddly disappointing. That said, the characters are well-written and I was invested in what happened to them. I’d read more by this author, particularly if she ventures outside the mystery genre. Not bad at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism