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Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

31 reviews

marleywrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was a well told story. I liked the imagery and setting descriptions. I enjoyed Tobias’s character growth. 

I wish we had gotten more of Henry on the page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

rossandhissandwich's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The prose is rich, the love story is tender, and the atmosphere is palpable. It feels like you are travelling deeper and deeper into a dense, thriving wood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Animal death

The novel does explore social isolation, especially within small towns, and what it is like to be a pariah to a community you once belonged to.

maeverose's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

Pretty, atmospheric writing. Cute romance. I liked the characters. Overall I liked it but didn’t love it.

Tropes/Themes:
-mm romance
-forest setting
-historical
-folklore/fairtale elements
-dryads
-dark academia (a little bit)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Eye trauma (but very mild bc it happens to a spirit of sorts, though I think there is still blood) Description of a very old corpse. Loss of a romantic partner (kind of)

lady_moon's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

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

Minor: Gun violence and Grief

reebeee's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

A beautiful little novella, which manages to fit vivid characters, descriptions, and world-building into its short length. Somewhat darker than I expected, like an old, old fairytale—which is part of its mastery, I think. A wonderful way to spend a cozy evening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence

ollie_again's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Murder

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Silver in the Wood feels, to me, like what I could lovingly call druid fiction -- a queer Green Man in a mysterious forest who has become local legend but is very much alive, dryads, fairies, and wise old spirited oaks.  Tesh manages a lot of atmosphere -- you can feel the forest -- in very few pages, and I was left wanting to go barefoot into the wood to find a tree to sit with.  Beautiful.  I will say that I was in some ways more captivated by the world than by the plot, though I really like Tobias Finch as a character.  While I did not love the ending, it also left me wanting more of this world so I immediately bought and started the sequel.  Recommended for lovers of forest lore.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Death

espiargrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a cute, quick, little story. I loved the atmosphere/vibe of the story (and the cover fits it perfectly, imo). I liked the characters, but in some ways I found the side characters more compelling than the MCs. The romance could have been stronger too. What was there seemed a bit rushed, and most of it only existed at the beginning and the end, with very little in between. My other main gripe with this novella was that the structure of the writing style was odd at times and sometimes made it unnecessarily confusing to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gun violence

Moderate: Death

brittishliterature's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read this one about a year ago and didn’t really like the ending, but upon revisiting it and knowing what kind of book to expect, I quite enjoyed it this time around. Followed along with the audiobook narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies, whose voice and narration style was perfect for this book. Overall a lovely little atmospheric novella of the forest and folklore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail