Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

17 reviews

kris386's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

This is my second five star read in a row! It's gonna make it into my top favorite of the year too. I'm gonna have to have a really good reading year from now on for anything to top this. This book reignited my love of thrillers, I swear. This book is so dark and twisted and creepy and it checked all of my boxes. There was only one plot twist out of the many that there were that I actually guessed going into it. I loved Naomi's character and how she was written. She was messy and she was so realistic and she was great. And I also desperately and thoroughly need to talk about Ethan. I don't even know how to talk about him. He gave me so much whiplash and the whole time I wanted to distrust him so badly but he was so disarming and so likable and I couldn't tell if it was sincere, but I so desperately wanted it to be, because he appears to be such a golden human being. I won't say whether or not he should be trusted or not, though. This book was so dark and so disturbing, and as someone who played a lot of make believe games with my friends when I was the age these characters were, this hit fears and terrors I didn't know I had. The plot twists were SO GOOD. Check trigger warnings though because it was a really dark book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

alexrowan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Pedophilia

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

2.5

THE GOOD: I finally finished a BOTM book. I didn't guess the twist.

THE BAD: slow-burn, Naomi's and Cass's characters read young and immature for them being in their late 20s, "we tumbled into oblivion", I hated the way women and mental health were portrayed. 

Favourite quote: "Sometimes it seemed like the only thing I'd ever been good at was being broken. I didn't know how to be whole. So any time I felt like I was healing, I found a way to break myself again."

THE VERDICT: ★★☆☆☆.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Murder

leebeeloves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

theoceanrose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

selenatothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer