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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
When I stumbled upon this book, I was trying to find a book that was serious but also not so serious in terms of older American literature. At that time I have read many old American literature books that were borderline depressing, and made me feel the same way. In spite of that, I still read them because of the serious material that showed complexity behind it, that didn’t take important topics and problems out to be a joke. This American contemporary literature book, was the perfect balance between serious and not borderline depressing. It handled serious topics surrounding spousal emotional abuse, child neglect, spousal assault, classism, and sexism beautifully. When I read the synopsis, it gave me the same impression that was proven correct after reading it. Not only that, but it had a nice ending that neatly tied things up. There was some plot holes, but nothing actually big or important, just general insignificant details here and there. I like how it’s also a historical fiction that throws you  into the world of the 1960s-70s, a time not so long ago from today’s 2025, and yet something so starkly important in showing how much progress we’ve made within a century. Love it love it love it!! 10/10 highly recommend! 
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