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The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

17 reviews

kique22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

This book was good, but not as good as “there’s someone inside your House” but I like the book. Firstly, I’m gonna go over the things I didn’t like. (Which is only two things) and one example of a thing that did like.  For the things I didn’t like was that the pacing is kind of slow but once you get into the second part, that’s when The action starts and The other thing was the revealed that the villains were

rapists.

(which I did not expect to be in a young adult novel) an one example of a good thing I liked was that I love the main characters and their friendship I was basically rooting for them to kick the main villains ass in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Cursing, and Gore

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic friendship

reedandright's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Stalking, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Excrement, Racism, Gaslighting, Torture, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Infertility

kaylin830's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

SPECTACULAR!!!! This book was absolutely gripping. The first 100 pages seem long and pointless but they place wonderful hints that you don’t notice until after the book. This book was gory, horrifying, and gripping. I could not put it down. I will remember this book and ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ with the egg timer. This book is so remarkably unique and I’m intrigued and terrified to see what else Stephanie Perkins cooks up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, and Sexual content

amberv92's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.25

Book was horribly written the start of the book is just whiny teenagers going on a hike before college. The author took forever to even get to what the story is about. Basically you might as well just watch the hills have eyes because that’s 10x better then this book. The author completely tried to go for the Hills have Eyes plot and failed miserably.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

maxymoo's review against another edition

sad

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

0.75

scathing review coming soon <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Gore, Violence, Stalking, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Murder

tomato_soop's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Alcoholism, Vomit, Child abuse, and Animal death

ceilidhwilliams's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Death, Violence, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Pedophilia, Racism, Confinement, Rape, Alcohol, and Animal death

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I'm using spoiler tags because the main threat of the book is not revealed until deep into the page count. Aside from revealing the threat and my issues with it, the spoilers are minimal and do not pertain to the plot.

A thrilling quick read. My rating would be higher if

the actions of the villains weren't immediately blamed on their bad (addict, sex worker) mothers. Most of the book is so delightfully anti-sexism, then it trips and falls into the "the bad actions of men can be blamed on failed women" trope. Ms. Perkins, you didn't have to do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Excrement, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Torture

Minor: Classism and Infertility

paperbound_dreams's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.75

I would advise anyone who is sensitive to graphic content mind the content warnings/trigger warnings for this book (which were not included in the actual book and not on the author's website, disappointing). Skimmed the last third, would not read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The first half of this book? Two stars at most. I almost put it down and DNFed it.

The second half of this book? It felt ripped from the headlines or a My Favorite Murder episode told by Karen. It was bloody and gory and survivalist to its core.

Combine both halves, it's a middling book that barely held my attention for a while, so some of the stuff in the second half was lost on me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Rape