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Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Blood, Lesbophobia
Minor: Bullying, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism
I like that they dropped the title meaning early. I kept thinking about it throughout the book. Who is the god of the woods? Who is panicking and who is causing panic? What are they chasing that they lose their way in the "woods"?
For many it's the woods themselves, for many more it's the Van Laars, for some it's the illusion of a life they will never have, for others it's the promise of a life they've been told they must have. The author does a great job demonstrating how from just about any angle one can lose their way.
The mystery is quite complex, with many possible solutions throughout, you're never quite sure who to trust. All of the possible endings are horrible. And then the truth is so much more sad for its simplicity and the reasons it was hidden and the ripple it had in the community. I really like how this book demonstrates how tragedy ripples out and out and out through time and through a community.
Satisfying ending for pretty much all of the many characters. Only ding for being a little slow at times to develop. I think in the end there's nothing I would cut but it does take it's time.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief
Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Violence
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Dementia, Grief
Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Blood