Reviews tagging 'Child death'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

6 reviews

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

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

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Child death, Grief, Violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Bullying

izpalm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This one was great considering the one I’m coming off of. Lots of twists and turns and the writing was eloquent 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, and Death

abundance_of_fiction's review against another edition

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

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death