2.29k reviews for:

Der Knochenwald

Christina Henry

3.69 AVERAGE

b_ham_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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I love isolation horror and this was perfect for me. The weather is cold, it's set in the mountains, there's no electricity or cell reception. AND our main character, Mattie, has a terrible abusive husband AND there is a mysterious creature roaming around. I really enjoyed my time with this one. The ending was okay to me but over all it was great.

I definitely recommend this one.

pigsjillyjiggs's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sarahrobinsreads's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

meredith_alt's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jen_kehlenbeck's review against another edition

4.0

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I read this eerily close to watching The Village a film that is both very different and yet very similar to this book.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of this book. It was torturous at times but I think it needed to me due to the subject matter - abuse. I read it so quickly and was very emerged in the narrative.

The book reminds me of the some of my favourite parts of various narratives. It has the body horror of Annihilation, the social horror of The Village, and the survival narrative of The Shinning.

mlfleet's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

stace_a's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

floraljayne's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

fiction_fever's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense slow-paced

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I’m genuinely wondering why I stuck it out to the end. The book had some good moments that had me at the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next, but then around the 65% mark I just wanted the book to be over and wrap it up already. All that stress just to get no answers at the end. 

What is the beast? We don’t know. 
Where is Heather? No idea. 
What is this connection Mattie has to the beast because she seems to always know what it’s thinking? Who cares. 

I’m genuinely so upset about Griffin and Jen. Obviously I understand that crappy things happen to good people, but the fact that we don’t even get answers in the end as to what the monster is makes their deaths seem even more dispiriting.

I’m just disappointed and feel like this went nowhere😩 maybe after I sit with it for a while I’ll change my mind idk. 

emmajar199's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated