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This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

3.34 AVERAGE

adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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bravaislattices's review

2.0
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

No likable characters.
Dog does NOT die
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auntieloyyc's review

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

If you thought the Blair Witch Project was a scary movie, you will be absolutely horrified listening to this. So good!
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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ezwolf's review

3.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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aemac27's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 56%

Poorly written, needed MUCH more editing, assumed every reader is an expert climber (or cares), was glib about irl deaths, was a patchwork of better written stories. And broke rule #1 about introducing animal mcs.
adventurous dark 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: Yes
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
adventurous mysterious fast-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

I don't think this book knew what it was trying to say at any point in the story. I think Kiefer had a vague idea and just ran with it, it feels incredibly first draft. There isn't really a plot so much as a series of events I assume the author thought we'd find shocking. But it's just a jumble of happenings and the dialogue feels like walking on one of those acupressure mats with your brain. There is precisely one likeable character in this book. 

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated