1.01k reviews for:

It Waits in the Woods

Josh Malerman

3.64 AVERAGE

mooreads_'s review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

alannaaaa's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

meganhardesty's review

3.75

mysterious tense fast-paced

megarmstrong_rsw's review

2.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lydzonn's review

2.75

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brudiso's review

3.0

tense fast-paced

symph_adventures's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookburdy's review against another edition

3.75

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I really enjoyed this one! I just wish it had been a full-length novel instead of a short story—there was so much more that could have been explored. That said, Malerman did a great job making it work within the short format.

The audiobook was solid for the most part, but there was one part that threw me off—

the narrator starts making these weird noises for the monster parts, and instead of being scared, I found myself laughing. It totally took me out of the story at times, lol.

So, I’m not sure if I’d fully recommend the audio version, but the story itself was a good, eerie read. It follows a girl whose sister goes missing, and they suspect something in the woods might be responsible.

kpitt21's review

3.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

fatherlucifer's review

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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