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A review by jenbsbooks
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
3.25
I liked this fine ... I just don't know that I'll really remember it? There wasn't anything about it that stood out to me, just another historical mystery type. Too many misleading moments, unreliable narrator, tangents and suspects (we're dealing not only with the current missing child, but also the previous one).
LOTS of characters POVs ... mostly past tense, but some present. I liked how that was done - the change in tense helped me keep the "present" (August 1975) separate from the past. Another unique time distinction was that ALL the time shifts were showcased at the chapter header, with the one for that chapter in bold. For example ...
1950s | 1961 | Winter 1973 | June 1975 | August 1975
This formatting didn't actually start until Part II ... There were seven parts with headers
1. Barbara
2. Bear
3. When Lost
4. Visitors
5. Found
6. Survival
7. Self-Reliance
Within each of these parts, there were several chapters ... these were NOT included on the Table of Contents, nor were they labeled numerically. The POV and the date were given. I was very glad that the audio included these on their TOC. I had to refer to it several times, as I'd stop/start and forget whose POV we were in. Louise, Tracy, Alice, Jacob, Carl, Judyta, Victor. Skipping around in time from the present, to a couple months earlier, to years earlier.
I wasn't totally content with the resolution of the story ... ehhhh. I don't know that I'd go out of my way to recommend it. I didn't save any highlights or notes. The title tied in a little (mentioned twice), although I felt it was stretching it.
Some proFanity (x6) and sex, although nothing explicit.
LOTS of characters POVs ... mostly past tense, but some present. I liked how that was done - the change in tense helped me keep the "present" (August 1975) separate from the past. Another unique time distinction was that ALL the time shifts were showcased at the chapter header, with the one for that chapter in bold. For example ...
1950s | 1961 | Winter 1973 | June 1975 | August 1975
This formatting didn't actually start until Part II ... There were seven parts with headers
1. Barbara
2. Bear
3. When Lost
4. Visitors
5. Found
6. Survival
7. Self-Reliance
Within each of these parts, there were several chapters ... these were NOT included on the Table of Contents, nor were they labeled numerically. The POV and the date were given. I was very glad that the audio included these on their TOC. I had to refer to it several times, as I'd stop/start and forget whose POV we were in. Louise, Tracy, Alice, Jacob, Carl, Judyta, Victor. Skipping around in time from the present, to a couple months earlier, to years earlier.
I wasn't totally content with the resolution of the story ... ehhhh. I don't know that I'd go out of my way to recommend it. I didn't save any highlights or notes. The title tied in a little (mentioned twice), although I felt it was stretching it.
Some proFanity (x6) and sex, although nothing explicit.