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El dios de los bosques by Liz Moore

39 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0


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blacksphinx's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is a strange novel. It's definitely not a thriller and is walking on a tight rope between mystery and litfit, occasionally leaning more towards one side than the other. As a dual mystery, it's fine. As litfit it's really preoccupied with sexism and the way women's roles changed from the 60's to the 70's, with some musing about if people needed to suffer hardship in order to reach their true potential. I didn't feel like the last chapter was necessary, personally. 

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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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blueskyreview's review against another edition

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

5.0

My mom read this and truly enjoyed it. My cousin saw her post about it and asked to borrow it for her book club since the library holds on it were months out. I then proceeded to read said 478 page book in one sitting so I didn't have to wait till my cousin returned it 😆

Needless to say, this was a good one. All three of us thoroughly enjoyed the reading experience. Lots of complex characters and the story kept you guessing. I really tried to predict what was going on but didn't have much luck.

It is told in multiple povs and has a nonlinear timeline, so this might be a bit confusing on audiobook. I did catch myself checking the year on some of the chapters.

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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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leontyna's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

It was so boring, I would have dnfed somewhere at the beginning of not for the fact I read it for a challenge. Solution was not satisfying and it took ages to get there, the characters were so shallowly described that I didn't find them believable and I didn't care about their fate at all.

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clairebonney's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.25


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hazelgirl21's review against another edition

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

4.75


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gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to Netgalley, publishers and author for an e-arc. All opinions remain 100% genuine.

Despite it taking me a while to read, due to mainly issues with the Netgalley shelf app and then commitments to book tours, I absolutely adored this novel.

This was a fantastic mystery, with so many twists and complexities that kept me guessing. 
We followed quite a few perspectives (children at the camp, those missing, the rich people on the hill, the workers for them, the police force) and every point of view added an extra layer of retrospect and depth to the telling of the story.

The back drop being at a summer camp, with tensions between those that run it and know the land, and those that own it and reap the rewards really took the story itself further and I enjoyed seeing how relationships (good and bad) developed due to those tensions. 
The atmosphere building from the relationships and the surrounding woodland perfectly heightened and grew taunt as the story progressed.

The writing style and use of time, going back and fourth, and stemming from the investigation from the original missing child case of the first Van Laar child was incredibly told. I was hooked from the start all the way to the end.

I will definitely be keeping an eye out for this author in the future.

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