Reviews tagging 'Blood'

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

9 reviews

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

Boring, so many slow/irrelevant bits, not thrilling at all. The only thing that made me emotional was Finch running after Cooper. Other than that, I was really disappointed with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Car accident, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Confinement

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Beautiful and haunting handling of isolation and how we are the ones who often punish ourselves the harshest. I loved the way Cunningham Grant told the story, jumping back and forth between musings on the past and what was happening in the present. Especially loved the exploration of the idea of grace - this'll make sense when you finish the book.

Originally I'd planned a 3.5 star rating, but upon finishing it, a four star feels more in line with how I feel having finished it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Blood

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Animal death, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

mamareadstuff's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Car accident, War, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, and Panic attacks/disorders

With all of the content warnings that I even added, you would think this is a book of horror. But I finished the book thinking, that the story was more about love, what you'll do for your children, especially in the midst of so much trauma.

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Went into this thinking it was a traditional thriller (like wrong exit) but it wasn't. An atmospheric kind of mystery? centering a father and daughter, why they are there, the father's PTSD of his war experiences, and a lot of other drama and trauma. I think this read pretty quick, I was heavily invested in the story, but I can see some people not really caring about it. It's a lot of back and forth from the father's present day life and his past life.

I bawled like a baby at the end. Not sure if it's because hormones (period is coming) or because the ending really pulled my heart out that much but the waterworks were in full haha 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, and Abandonment

ghouligan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and War

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Animal death, and Death

shieldbearer's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The ending literally ruined this book in the worst way possible. I'm giving it two stars because the writer is excellent with pacing, and does an excellent job laying groundwork that pays off later in a way that isn't too conspicuous. Unfortunately, the ending makes it clear that most things I really liked about this book are not intentional on the author's part. Literally just end the book when he leaves to drive into town for the last time and your experience will be a million times better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Cursing, War, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Child death, and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, Animal death, Confinement, Classism, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion

Cooper should not be parenting Finch. He is very mentally unwell and the fact that the way it ends is framed as a "happy" ending is very disappointing. I spent the entire book thinking the author had done a wonderful job writing Cooper as an unreliable narrator, his opinions and perceptions tainted by both his biases and his trauma. But no, he's 100% correct about everything and the fact that his daughter has to care for him when he has a panic attack is completely fine. The fact that Finch's grandparents think she's dead at the end is 100% acceptable even though the Big Moral Debate is doing that to another set of parents. Cooper needs help and while I was rooting for them, and I really wanted Finch to stay in the woods- she needs a stable parental figure in her life and that is not Cooper.

marchhare89's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Blood, Death, Grief, Animal death, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

littlekinggone's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and War