30.7k reviews for:

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

4.15 AVERAGE

justahorse's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

danivogt's review

4.0

fast-paced

mbpritch's review

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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Not a thriller by any means, but a very compelling story with beautifully written characters and scenery. Sadly, the ending was really bad. A whole lot of build up (400+) pages and it ended with a fizzle. It was almost there, just got lost in the end.

maitebarandi's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

an_alaskan_fairy_tale's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

djgandalf94's review

4.0

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Took me a bit to get used to the changing timelines and different character perspectives but I like how this story was told. Using the perspective of others to drop details about other characters. The end felt rushed but overall a good read that I would recommend

bdh2109's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gatonolivro's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kaymarieplz's review

4.0

medium-paced

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A lot of characters and timelines to remember and pay attention to. It all came together at the end and I don't even think you could cut anything out... just took a bit.

leahrglicker's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I know some people didn't like the varying characters/timelines, but I felt the interweaving stories were very easy to keep track of, and I loved how each timeline revealed information that helped us understand the others. The only issue I have, as others have said, is that the ending felt a little rushed and not as satisfying as I wanted it to be. I was actually shocked when I realized there was only 10 pages left and wondered "how are they going to wrap this up??"