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Hunted by Darcy Coates

14 reviews

claude_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An incredibly well written book with a gripping and entangling story, full of loveable and complex characters, as well as ethical questions that linger long after finishing. It was hard to put this book down at any point.

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maregred's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
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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elentikvah's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Picked this one up a complete whim after reading a friend's FB post on her progress through this thriller, and I'm glad that I did. Technically, this is another book in the horror genre for July's Discomfort Zone Book Club, though I did not read it for this reason. I decided to pick this book because it is high-rated author of this genre, and the premise of the story was similar to another book I read in my young adulthood that scared me spitless (back before I even knew "horror" was a thing!)

Overall, the premise is that a young woman disappears off a forest hiking trail, leaving behind only some cryptic photographs. Driven by concern for her safety and grief, her friends attempt to find her - therein horrific chaos ensues, with a surprising (maybe?) whodunit plot twist.

After reading three different "horror" books this month, I think that this just isn't the genre for me. This particular book was reasonably well-crafted, and it was an ok storyline, but it felt predictable and not at all scary to me.

Rating 3/5 stars
~409 pages
Kindle

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katkinslee's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.75

It was definitely very tense. It was a bit more of a crime thriller than a horror books which is an interesting change of pace for Coates. I enjoyed the twist even though I saw it coming towards the end.
I didn't really like any of the characters although

I was sad to see Anna die because she was the probably the least annoying

Todd was the biggest idiot and it was amusing to hear his chapters.
All in all it was a decent read and very atmospheric but definitely not my favourite Coates book.

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witchy_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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ahbmacgregor's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Pretty enjoyable overall! While it isn't a book that's going to win any prizes, this is still a pretty engaging read with just enough tension and mystery to keep it going. I went into it expecting something schlocky and was pleasantly surprised, and that's probably the way to do it.

Aside from Todd (ugh), none of the character perspectives were flawed in an annoying/frustrating way, and at least Todd feels less present when more perspectives are introduced.

Honestly I was more than happy to see the end of him, even if the decomposition was particularly graphic. He drove me nuts, especially in the blase way he treated wilderness survival, and that's not even mentioning the stalkerish obsession.

The twist was guessable, but not in a way that felt obvious and more like a reward for paying attention. In some ways it felt like the final confrontations were with the wrong people/not enough people, but that wasn't enough to ruin the book. It's worth picking this up if you don't mind some horror tropes and semi-expected beats.

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hexedmaiden's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

3.0

I wanted to love this book, but it played like a standard slasher horror movie. A young woman goes out on a hiking trip and ends up missing. Her friends don't believe she's dead so they decide to go find her.

Of course one of the friends is an obsessed creep and I’m glad he gets fuckin killed for being a fuckin idiot who thinks he knows better.

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