el1se19's reviews
74 reviews

emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Almost DNF’d. I love friends to lovers normally but I found the main characters were irritating ~for the plot~ and I didn’t like the writing.

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Overall, I think this is one of the best thrillers I ever read. The way the stories all fit together is amazing and something about it makes me like it better than other crime novels.

There are just a few things that keep me from giving 5 stars.

1) TJ’s perceived queerness and the homophobia

as a plot point, though it seems realistic for the time period, that red herring left me a little iffy. 2) the class criticisms felt a bit underdeveloped, though I still appreciated the big theme of that and its role in the story. 3)

using drugs/alcohol to make Alice an unreliable narrator.

As I said, this was generally a very enjoyable read that kept me interested and I liked what it was doing with its incorporation of class & gender dynamics. My criticisms don’t necessarily take away from my experience reading the book (which I finished in three days) but are definitely sticking out to me.

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