506 reviews for:

Ghost Wood Song

Erica Waters

3.74 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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
adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5 stars. Pacing felt weird and drawn out. Sometimes foreshadowing felt like a reveal, but wasn’t treated as a reveal within the book, so when it came time for the actual reveal I was just left thinking “didn’t we know this already?”

"Grief is what binds the living and the dead. He couldn't have taught me to play this fiddle even if he'd wanted to. Only his death could teach me.”
dark mysterious

A heartfelt and atmospheric queer southern gothic YA book that I would have foamed at the mouth for when I was younger. Pacing left me wanting, but books like this make me happy for the current state of YA. Now excuse me as I go dust off some bluegrass and dark folk playlists I haven’t listened to in a while…
dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes