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Ultimately though, some things didn't make 100% sense which annoyed me a little but, and I would have wished for better resolutions for some of the characters. Then end therefore fell a little bit flat for me.
So, if you are in the mood for cheap thrills, a fast pasted murder mystery and a lot of spooks and extreme twists, this might not be for you.
But if you like slow-burn mysteries, intricately written, multilayered, with family drama, tragedy and a reflection upon gender and class at its core, this might be just the right book for you!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Gaslighting
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia
August 2024 - I loved the complexity of this book and the exploration of the characters. It's more of a mystery than a thriller, despite the marketing. My biggest issues with this book were the timeline and the sheer amount of characters. There was a map in the beginning of the book which was helpful with the layout of the camp/park but I had a difficult time remembering who each of the characters was and what part they played in the story, especially when there were quite a few timelines that had paralleled events. This would be more of a 4 star read but I'm going to give it another 1/2 star because I loved all the upstate New York references.
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Classism
To panic, said T.J., was to make an enemy of the forest. To stay calm was to be its friend."
In the 1960s-70s in the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York state, siblings, missing a decade apart, bring police investigators to this beautiful and remote area with a children's camp. A killer recently escaped from prison, adds to the tension.
I absolutely adored this tale of three families bound together by land, money and power through the generations. With a couple of timeframes and several narratives from key characters (including the missing teenage girl and her mother, the only female investigator and a camp counsellor) their relationships, and the history of the area are slowly revealed. The isolated location, its landscape and wildlife, how it is camped in, felt like a character in itself and the exploration of societal expectations of women at the time added depth. Historical fiction, it's part family saga, part literary thriller, with plenty of cliffhangers at chapter endings keeping me hooked. Reminding me of Kate Morton's writing, this was a compelling, five star read for me. Superb!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexism, Abandonment
Minor: Animal death
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Lesbophobia
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity
Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Grief
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail