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Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens

6 reviews

amieleigh8919's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Addiction, and Physical abuse

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

A story of women being murdered on a dark, desolate highway and the killer being on the loose, this book has so many twists and turns it’s unbelievable. Power, greed, deception, and downright disturbing sexual fantasies make this murder mystery so much more than just a whodunnit. The characters are raw and real and infinitely flawed. The killer is not who I thought it was going to be but I realized it wasn’t who I thought it was RIGHT before the twist. This book kept me guessing in the best way. Also, ACAB - cause this book…man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Rape, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Vomit

keenanmaree's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident

The dog gets injured a few times, and it’s very tense, but he makes it out okay and lives happily ever after.

bookworm247's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Murder, and Emotional abuse

I disliked the characters and pacing of this book. I liked the dog tho.

chelz286's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Chevy has become one my auto-buy authors! Her novels are so well written and it is always a wild ride from page one to the very last. This one is a little bit different than her other in that it is based loosely on true unsolved cases. Hailey lost her only parent and is trying to settle into this new life with her aunt and uncle. However things are tense, as her uncle is the local servant and everyone calls him "Iceman" as he is stone cold and is always out to get everyone in town. Things become very strained for Hailey and often he is making odd comments to her about staying off the highway, not traveling alone, staying away from her best friend Jonny and not needing a job. She doesn't have any privacy and he seems to know everything she does or says and it's creepy. She knows something is up with him and is bound to figure it out. Hailey ends up being added to that victim list when she disappears, although her body has not yet been found. The killer is not done though and another body is found, a girl named Amber the latest victim. Amber's sister cannot deal with the grief and not knowing and decides she needs to head to Cold Creek and look for answers. She may just be the killers next victim. Such a wild ride and one that you do not want to put down until you finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

abbeyhuffine94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This is a book I was extremely excited about as I’ve been interested in the Highway of Tears cases for a while. I find the setting beyond eerie and also heartbreaking.
This book was very well written and had a great plot line and good characters. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because it wasn’t an absolute life changer (I’m trying to save 5 star reviews for absolute favorites). I’ve read tons of thrillers involving unsolved murders and small towns and the woods. I think the eeriness of the highway and the remoteness of the setting added something special. (Side note: I could never be as outdoorsy as even Beth who was a city girl….I would have fallen over and died like 5 mins into the woods). I liked the supernatural introduction and epilogue a lot, it was a super interesting POV. Also, obsessed with the dog Wolf.
I definitely recommend this for fans of thrillers and mysteries and/or fiction based on true crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Drug use, and Kidnapping