Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

45 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mary_catherine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dementia

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship

celery's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

clairebonney's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Part VI, 2nd Tracy: July 1975 section - squirrel is killed to be eaten by the campers during their survival trip

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you to Netgalley, publishers and author for an e-arc. All opinions remain 100% genuine.

Despite it taking me a while to read, due to mainly issues with the Netgalley shelf app and then commitments to book tours, I absolutely adored this novel.

This was a fantastic mystery, with so many twists and complexities that kept me guessing. 

We followed quite a few perspectives (children at the camp, those missing, the rich people on the hill, the workers for them, the police force) and every point of view added an extra layer of retrospect and depth to the telling of the story.

The back drop being at a summer camp, with tensions between those that run it and know the land, and those that own it and reap the rewards really took the story itself further and I enjoyed seeing how relationships (good and bad) developed due to those tensions. 

The atmosphere building from the relationships and the surrounding woodland perfectly heightened and grew taunt as the story progressed.

The writing style and use of time, going back and fourth, and stemming from the investigation from the original missing child case of the first Van Laar child was incredibly told. I was hooked from the start all the way to the end.

I will definitely be keeping an eye out for this author in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism