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A review by bookishpriest
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A teenage camper has gone missing from her cabin in the Adirondacks. She's the daughter of the family who own the camp and this isn't the first time someone's gone missing. Fourteen years earlier, her own brother disappeared and was never found.
Liz Moore's newest novel is a tense thriller told from multiple points of view and at different points in history. There are far more secrets to unravel than we are first led to believe and I kept reading "one more chapter" to find out what the next one would be. The fictional world created in The God of the Woods is uncomfortably realistic, the complex characters by equal measures lovable and despicable, and the mysteries around Camp Emerson and the Van Laar Preserve thoroughly engrossing.
The God of the Woods is definitely worth your time to read. Especially if you've got time at a summer getaway in the woods.
Liz Moore's newest novel is a tense thriller told from multiple points of view and at different points in history. There are far more secrets to unravel than we are first led to believe and I kept reading "one more chapter" to find out what the next one would be. The fictional world created in The God of the Woods is uncomfortably realistic, the complex characters by equal measures lovable and despicable, and the mysteries around Camp Emerson and the Van Laar Preserve thoroughly engrossing.
The God of the Woods is definitely worth your time to read. Especially if you've got time at a summer getaway in the woods.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Murder, and Pregnancy