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This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

25 reviews

briarivet's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

beersbooksandbooos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have to say that I picked up the book because of the cover before even reading the synopsis. Once I read the synopsis I knew this was a book for me.  Dyatlov Pass has always fascinated me and all the lore that surrounds it.  I read some of the reviews as I read the book and I do agree with them saying they were getting The Ruins and As Above So Below vides.  I enjoyed most of the book, then it took a turn in the last quarter. That was when it lost me and I got a little bored that it didn't feel like picking it back up.  I felt a little cheated out of a better ending and it also felt a little rushed. This is Jenny Kiefer's debut novel and I can see her writing going up from here.  I will pick up her other books if/when she writes them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Murder, Body horror, Animal death, Cannibalism, Suicide, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Vomit

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

tomczyk317's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

ebpertner's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Stalking, and War

queersubtext's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Animal death, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Body horror, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

celina246's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

so this book was disgusting, very much gore and horror (not a bad thing if you're a lover of that!). It read to me like a teen scream, but there wasn’t any…satisfaction? the author was really great with description (as awful as the things she was describing were), but almost all of the characters were unlikeable and the general backstory was eh. the end was pretty disappointing to me. idk I feel like it had potential, but it lacked anything really special. 

I almost wish we didn’t know what happened to them in the beginning, because it made Dylan’s end kind of anticlimactic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

holly_pop's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.0

Set in Rockcastle County, KY, this story of climbers who have scaled routes in Red River Gorge and PhD candidates from the University of Kentucky really appealed to me as a lifelong Kentuckian who has spent time hiking (not a climber!) in the area. It was fun to see references to the Gorge and Muir Valley, and to Miguel's and their delicious pizza. Even the dog's name (Slade) is a local reference. But you don't have to be a local to appreciate this book, which is filled with a pervasive sense of dread that escalates into terror and madness. I think humans as a species have an innate fear of the forest, no matter how much many of us might enjoy a fun camping trip or other outdoor recreation in the woods. Who knows what is really lurking among the trees? Who knows what is waiting for us in that dark and bloody ground? This Wretched Valley provides plenty of spine-tingling possibilities.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Murder, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death