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Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

238 reviews

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous mysterious 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: No

Interesting mystery with family drama, time jumps, and a satisfying conclusion!

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

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

I wanted to love this so bad. It started off really strong, but the slow pace and excessive detail became a drag on the story. Like 90% of the men are HORRIBLE and the women are mostly great but not given enough space and time to breathe and be fleshed out. For how long this book is the characters were kind of flat. I disliked that several of the character storylines towards the end start to resolve themselves off page and they’re reflected on later by a different character. 

I listened to the audiobook and it is incredibly difficult to keep track of all of the different POV‘s and all of the different timelines. I’m sure it’s easier in a physical copy but I had to look up a character sheet at 15% in because it was confusing to track. So I would say unless you’re up to the task a physical copy is better. 

It’s a book that says a lot when 1/3 of the time it doesn’t need to say anything at all. While I did not predict the ending exactly, it was really obvious to me after 20% in where the author is trying to lead you is not where the story is headed. 

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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: Yes

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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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sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A lot of people loved this book and I tried, but it just wasn’t for me. The character list was a bit insane and the story was incredibly slow and there was a lot that didn’t feel like it added to the story at all. I also didn’t feel like there was much character development and it felt like the issues were maybe too black and white to be relatable. With the list of trigger warnings, I just listed I would’ve thought it would grip me through the whole ride and a lot of people loved it, just one of those I couldn’t quite get into. 

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
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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