Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

75 reviews

mandareads222's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. It filled the Yellowjackets sized hole in my heart. I was able to figure out one of the twists almost immediately and suspected another one. I kept page flags in this book of different theories and I loved it dearly. Extremely well written. I will have to check out other books by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Child death, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

scumlow's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Rape, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Blood

kathywoo10's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Classism, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

magsmagicalbooks's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

4/5 really good mystery/thriller read! I didn’t feel dragged along in any parts and my first guess of to how it would play out was debunked right before the end so I thought that was well written by Marshall. 

Overall very solid thriller novel with multiple twists and turns! Definitely kept me on my toes with surprises I wouldn’t have guessed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Stalking, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Violence

books_hay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

What I appreciated most about this book was the sensible unwinding of the mystery. Foreshadowing, red herrings, etc. I wasn't able to predict the ending from the beginning, but by the time the ending came, it wasn't a ridiculous twist no one could have seen coming. It made sense as the story unraveled.

I'd say there wasn't a single reveal that was totally surprising, and that is such a good thing. A+ in that regard. And even though it wasn't shock and awe unbelievable twisty, it was a complicated and interesting set of circumstances.

My least favorite part was the violent confrontation with the killer(s) at the end. Unfortunately, this is a hallmark of the thriller genre, so I can't hold that against the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

abundance_of_fiction's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a great start to 2024. Both mystical and mysterious, this novel does a great job of bringing you into this the convoluted mess that has occurred.  While you can semi-predict elements of the novel, it does not take away from the feeling of the eventual reveal. Naomi is the perfect protagonist, in that she is anything but perfect. The unreliable memories, character perspective, and storytelling leads to the culmination of a story that you both see coming and yet didn’t. Without spoilers, this story was a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Torture, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Murder

edithbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Stalking, and Blood

littlemissanalog's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Murder, Bullying, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts