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El dios de los bosques by Liz Moore

6 reviews

lexcellent's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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regnistegra's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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koplomps's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The first 4/5 of this book was so slow, boring, and somehow alot of it was in no way important. I don't understand why we were told the story of Alice, but only teeny tiny bits from HER perspective. 
(I'm going to immediately contradict my last statement) Maybe the writer was trying to bring out how little say she had in her own life, that even her lifestory is told for her, and not by her. And yes, her story was important in a way to show
how needed it was for Barbara to escape the same destiny her mother had been given, and which was still going to continue with that poor 17-year old girl who doesn't yet understand better than Jean Paul jr. I wish they had thrown him to jail. Thank god he got sued for assault

Maybe I had such a bad time with this book because I don't enjoy reading about nonlikeable characters..?
The ending did save this book for me, but I'm not going to recommend this to others, and hope I don't stumble upon a similiar book for a long while.

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tayreads10's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

This book is about a wealthy family who owns a summer camp for wealthy kids. It has a lot of characters to get used to, but really has great, but sad twists to it. Hang in there because it is slow to start.

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kimveach's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this historical mystery.  It's always odd to think of the 1960s and 1970s as historical, as I lived during those years.  The camp setting reminded me of my time at camp, even though I only ever went for a week at a time.    This story has everything I want in a good mystery.  There are characters to love and hate, a great setting, and a division of class between the working people and the wealthy who visit.

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celery's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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