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These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

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kellieligon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

Slow to start, but picked up enough to keep my interest to the end.
It was a good enough thriller, but I wish it ended differently.

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sunshine_sophia's review

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emotional mysterious sad medium-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

this was a beautiful story. one of sacrifice, love, and survival. i listened to it in about a day because i was so sucked in and enthralled by the story.

the love that cooper has for finch is heartwarming and strong. it was inspiring and touching to be able to go on the journey with them.

scotland’s sacrifice was something i did not expect, and it made me sob. it was so touching and truly the ultimate sacrifice.

this book was very close to a 5 star read for me, however, i sometimes found cooper annoying and overbearing. yes,

he went about taking finch back in a way that was unconventional and illegal, but he didn’t kill anyone???

i am not quite sure why he was so paranoid by his past when he did worse things in the military than to the judges. i also didn’t love the references to the bible & jesus, but that’s probably my own religious trauma lol.

overall, this was an emotional and heartwarming story that was twinged with anticipation. a beautifully crafted web of a story that i enjoyed listening to unravel.

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phantomgecko's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting enough. Reminded me of, like, My Side of the Mountain except with a murder-y subplot and war flashbacks.

Unexpectedly religious undertones that really made it more emotional. Like, I definitely didn't expect to cry while reading this book, but a couple tears slipped out.

Cooper's paranoia seemed a little unrealistic in some ways.

For example, they're from an undisclosed place, but they've relocated to a new state, ostensibly hours away from where they were. To think that anyone would recognize them after more than, like, two years is wiiiiiiild. He's not a notorious mass murderer. He kidnapped his own child and was a little rough. That's not a news story that's going to be blowing up tvs nationwide. It's just not.

BUT, the dude's mentally ill, so the unrealistic paranoia might be a feature instead of a bug.

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jameswilbourn's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked it, but I'm not sure about the ending. I

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leligavi's review

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't know why, but I went into this book thinking it was a horror novel??? I think I just need to read descriptions for books more often. However, I really really enjoyed this book. It was pleasantly surprising how good it was. I cried quite a bit. And after I stopped suspecting the main character of being some creepy, scary, typical main character of a horror novel (why am I like this?) I really came to love all of the characters of this book. I thought the narrator also did a lovely job with this book. Great quality narration.

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