Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

12 reviews

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

fizzy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Excrement

claude_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

My god, I want my money back.
Don't expect anything more than petty friend drama and 'men are terrifying aaa'  from this. The book broadly uses things that simply on their own make not much more than a shallow experience.
If you want to read a book about 'men are swines and scare and kill women', then this is for you. Though honestly, I think we all know this by now, don't we?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Excrement, Cursing, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Rape

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

wirewrappedlily's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Body horror, Abandonment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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

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

nicolinebl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I've had such a reader's block for the last couple of months and picking up this book definitely solved the problem. It was a quick read because of how incredibly terrifyingly thrilling it was. It picks up a bit slow but has enough spookiness to make you anxious reading it at night and then the real scariness begins. Wonderful writing and very real characters. My only issue with the book is

the decision of them to keep going after their big fight and since they were very anxious about bears and murderers I would have definitely decided to return home. But yeah, that would be a boring horror book I guess. Plus the shared trauma has definitely helped forget the fight and strengthen their friendship. I do think they need at least a gap year for therapy before they do anything else though. Oh, and I wasn't a big fan of the serial killers, they felt a bit too much I guess. Not fully believable but definitely disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Torture, Death, Excrement, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Excrement, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, and Vomit

madarauchiha's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

 ✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨

It was ok. The writing was pretty and well done, but nothing especial to write home about. I think I'd like it more if I knew it wasnt horror but a thriller. You know, despite what the book summary might say. There's zero paranormal or supernatural shit happening. Also the classism shit about the Bad Guys being

poor survivors of childhood abuse, low class yokels being rapist murderers

is shitty.

It took an hour to read. Easy peasy.

Major alcohol, animal death, bone fractures, child abuse, death, domestic abuse, foot trauma, gore, gore, gun violence, injuries, serial killers, sexual assault, unsanitary, violence, whorephobia

medium car crashes, classism, grief, menstruation, murder, rape

minor alcohol use, colonization, excrement, menstruation, parent death, sexual content, unsanitary, usa confederacy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Excrement, Racism, and Sexual content