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Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

261 reviews

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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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dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I liked this narrative a lot! I think this is marketed as a thriller, and I think that does it a bit of disservice. This is maybe more of a literary fiction with a true crime storyline. If you’re familiar with the movie Zodiac (2007) the pacing of this is about the same. There is a story to be told but we’re going to take our sweet ‘ol time to get there. When you go in expecting a thriller style pace, it’s hard to clock back into a meandering literary pace. 

This was my first Liz Moore novel, and I did enjoy her writing style. Things were concise and explained adequately but I still feel like we were missing some resolution to points that were introduced. 

I did love the character exploration of this! There are A LOT of players here and while some I didn’t feel were necessary I was really back on forth on what the “crime” or perpetrator was/is. 

Overall I do think this is worth it to read! I enjoyed this and I feel like this could make an interesting limited series too!

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love a summer camp destination read

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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: No

What a beautifully tense and mysterious book with such a satisfying end result. The POVs and shifting between timelines were a great way to keep you engaged. I rarely ever read mystery but this was so good.

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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