nad_books623 's review for:

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow this was a good end of summer read. The book was a little confusing with the time jumps and the different characters. Eventually when I was able to piece everything together and the story picked up I couldn’t put it down.

Okay, the ending was kind of flat. Like, it’s nice that Barbara was alive but how everything stated before made it seem like something more sinister happened. Such as, what happened with Bear. It’s also really sad to know that they kept it from Alice and how they drugged her all the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Dementia

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent