Reviews

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

kberry86's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

amycapleitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

For folks that want to read it but need to know what happens to the dog, spoiler ahead: 

Slade is found alive at the end, skinny and scared but alive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

rhe323's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

bubblescotch'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? No

3.75

Dog survival status:

the dog has a rough time of it but he lives!

iknow_ksto's review against another edition

I had a hard time getting into this book, to no fault of the author. I just don't think it was what I was looking to read at the moment. 

therivingtonreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

This was very middle of the road for me. I'm pretty bummed out that I didn't love it because after I heard it was inspired by the Dyatlov pass incident, I was basically foaming at the mouth to read it. 

There were a lot of pretty tense moments that were good, and lots of gore, but overall it felt repetitive. It was mostly about Dylan, Clay, Luke, and Sylvia wandering in the woods and then realizing they couldn't leave. And reading about how the characters held back vomit or had bile in their throats or threw up at a sight/smell happened so many times it got old by the end. I get it, it's gross 🙃 

I have quite a few other thoughts about this book but honestly I don't really care to type them out atm so that's all for now 😂

floyd_jpg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

2.5

lizsil's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

2.0

maddsread's review against another edition

3.0

I was so hooked into this by the premise of it. i loved knowing how almost everyone ended by it… but i had some higher hopes.

i wasn’t expecting it to be like a haunted maze sort of scare with ghosts and ghouls. i was expecting more of the earth being the main driving force of the horror… it did have some of the horror but it leaned towards ghosts a lot.

i liked the read a lot, but with so many different forces causing the events i got lost by the climax, and a smidge disappointed by the end.

sarahmcstripes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.0