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The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

17 reviews

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and War

qpqdelia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A tense read that left me wanting more. A story of revenge and comeuppance. Feels very relevant today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Torture, Excrement, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

emready's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The tension was incredibly well done, the slow creep of dread as Leslie learns more about the secrets of Spar Creek climbing to its peak at the end. An excellent queer revenge story about becoming the monster they always said you were. 

The descriptions of gore were a bit too much for me personally. And the age gap (30 and 18) between

Leslie and Stevie

bothered me. Definitely check the content warnings beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and War

mreadsbooks's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

puncturing_plotlines's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Minor: Abortion

rhi_'s review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

nerdysread's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

Wow monster fuckers this is for you. Also reading this book during night time: great idea

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

paige_hollingsworth99's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Fantastic. Delightful. Not as scary as expect but! We love queer revenge. This was very heavy for me, but I thought the ending delivered.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

rachelgreenreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

I didn’t know I had a southern gothic trans horror romance hole in my heart until this book filled it. I think I could read this book a hundred times and not get sick of it. 

The prose was lush and poetic, while still feeling grounded and deeply personal. The social horror was impeccable. Mandelo uses parallel themes of one person poisoning a whole community: the villain believes such of our main character, that his queerness will spread sin and evil through the holler. While in reality and alongside this narrative, the pastor, relatively new to town, has poisoned the community with his hatred and suspicion. A community that was once “a decent place as any for a child to be strange.”

Mandelo also captures the intense and unique way in which queer people find and support each other, and the many small and large resistances we’ve embodied throughout history. 

If you support trans rights, and also trans wrongs, I highly recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Rape

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

blacksphinx's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This is the second time I've read a horror novella from Lee Mandelo that I didn't think qualified as horror. I guess it does because it is a rape-revenge story, but it's mainly a historical queer empowerment novella about monsterfucking. Normally I'd love such a thing but our protagonist is so useless though, and 95% of the story would have shaken out the same way if he wasn't there at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Minor: Confinement, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and War