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t0rixoxo's review against another edition
Moderate: Infidelity and Child death
ghost_of_a_car's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Child death
Minor: Infidelity
lalapaka13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Child death
Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Vomit, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
jetix's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Misogyny
Moderate: Child death
starrypinksky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Mental illness
rachelunabridged's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Alcoholism, Grief, and Infidelity
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual content
paper_prose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Child death
saltedsnail's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The most horrifying thing is that I feel Charles is an incredibly realistic character where as the many supporting female roles feel flat and one dimensional. I have absolutely met people like Charles, adult men with the emotional maturity of literal children. He’s a self absorbed professor who loves to cheat on his not-beautiful-but-striking wife and neglect his daughter. He knows he is the main character of this story - I can understand that. What I cannot understand is why none of the other characters in this story believe they are the main character.
So much potential. What a waste.
Graphic: Misogyny, Infidelity, and Child death
conspystery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The prose of In The Night Wood is, in my mind, its greatest quality. Everything about it is enchanting, verbose, and ornate. The voice it gives to the narrative is compelling: it conveys alluring verdant unease with its descriptions of the woods, emphasizes the suffocating presence of grief and the slip from reality that loss can drive a person to in how it voices Erin and Charles, and the tight-knit, familiar, and yet somehow hollow insularity of the town is intriguing. I loved how specific ideas, and sometimes even whole phrases, were repeated throughout the book, always growing more vines and roots and leaves of words as they echoed to match the sprawling theme and setting. I truly think the writing of this novel lends credence to its plot in an impossible-to-ignore manner; it complements the narrative gorgeously, suits the book so perfectly it’s unsettling. I adored it.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content
timbookshelf's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Child death