The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore @LizMooreBooks @BoroughPress @SusannaPeden #TheGodOfTheWoods #LizMoore #BookReview

Book Synopsis:

From the author of LONG BRIGHT RIVER, a Barack Obama Pick and a New York Times bestseller, comes a once-in-a-generation story; a novel you’ll never forget.

Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.

Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son.

Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy.

Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren’t connected.

Some say they are.

My Review:

The God Of The Woods is an intense, dark and thrilling read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was giving me Jane Harper vibes and as she’s one of my favourite authors I absolutely loved this book. It’s going to be a difficult book to review as I don’t want to give anything away.

There are some books you read that you finish and immediately want to start all over again. The God Of The Woods was one of those books. It gripped me from the start so that I felt drawn into the story and the lives of the characters. The story is told from multiple points of views and multiple timelines which may sound confusing but each chapter was clearly marked so it was easy to keep track of. I didn’t have a favourite timeline which is unusual for me but I found each timeline offered a different perspective and I found all of them very intriguing.

The character’s are all interesting creations and I enjoyed following them throughout the book. There were some character’s I really loved and felt a lot of sympathy for while there were others that I loved to hate as I thought they were pretty despicable. The isolated summer camp setting was very intriguing and, as someone who did a summer in an American summer camp, I enjoyed reliving some of my memories alongside the campers. The woods added a unsettling element to the story as you were never sure what they might be hiding or secrets they might reveal.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be recommending it to others. The story is quite fast paced and there always seemed to be something happening to keep me reading. The tension slowly creeps up until it becomes almost unbearable. At one point I had to abandon the book and go for a walk as it was making me feel so edgy. There are lots of red herrings which kept me guessing as well as lots of twists that kept sending the story off in a different direction. The ending was amazing and I loved watching it all unfold. I thought I knew how the book would end but I was wrong, and very wrong.

Huge thanks to Bloomsbury and Indie Thinking for sending a copy of this book to Rossiter Books in Malvern. If you are a fan of dark, unpredictable thrillers or are a Jane Harper fan then I highly recommend this book.

About The Author:

Liz Moore is the author of four novels: The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, and Long Bright River. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia and teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University.