Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

20 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

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

This book isn't really what you think it'll be.
I went in expecting a thriller and some serious dark secrets and maybe horror elements. Not so much.

This book is about Cooper and his daughter, Finch who live together off the grid in a cabin in the woods. They've been there for 8 years since Finch was a baby. Cooper keeps their existence pretty secret for good reasons. Cooper's friend Jake always visits once per year to bring them supplies. This book gives a peak into their lives on a year in which Jake doesn't show up and a series of events jeopordizes the secrecy of their lives. It's not a thriller. There's no horror. It's just about a man coming to terms with the mistakes of his past and trying to figure out how to create a worthy future for his daughter. 

Is it a good book? Yeah, its fine.

It didn't blow my mind but the characters were likeable.

I'm not a huge fan of literary fiction which is why I didn't rate it higher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Car accident, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, and Gore

Minor: Animal death, Murder, and Death of parent

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I really wanted to like this but it was very boring and not well constructed. The writing is like reading a journal, everything is described by the father's perspective, which didn't make any sense. It would have been a lot more interesting if we were reading from Finch/the daughter's POV.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gaslighting and Gun violence

Minor: War

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

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

phantomgecko's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Animal death, Car accident, and Mental illness

greatestheights's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

my heart is still reeling. absolutely gorgeous in every way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

leligavi's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, War, Death of parent, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

kitty03's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

peach_pit's review

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, and War