Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

49 reviews

heather_harrison's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Mystery thriller centred on returning home 20-something years after the fact. Plenty of decent tropes. Mixed bag of plot twists. Pacing was better from the second half of the book but overall fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

heini's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Stalking

sassacass11's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The story is really layered, intense, and extremely well put together. 
I had a handful of plot twists come up; but only a couple i predicted.. until i kept reading and my theories were shattered. 

Betrayal. Survival. Friendship, and the truth of trusting someone being based on patterns but complete only with taking the final step in faith. 

An amazing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

asuna1930's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.5

This might be the most delulu book I’ve ever read.

So you’re telling me a group of girls finds a body in the woods (which would absolutely not be just bones at that point, hello decomposition) and just decide to…. Play with it? And AS ADULTS they STILL decide no one else should know about this dead person in the woods?!?!

And beyond the girls, multiple adults know about an actual murder and an attempted murder and NO ONE THINKS IT WOULD BE WISE TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE POLICE.

The amount of stupid decisions made be every single character in this book absolutely ruined me. Don’t even get me started on the fact that it’s a copycat story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

jehangel's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Dude shut uppp what the ffff this is so good. I was so stressed out by the end of it that I was pacing around the room. And then I had to sketch the whole plot out for my partner because I had to tell someone all of the great twists and turns. I can't wait to read more by Ms. Marshall. What a super freaking fun time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, and Death of parent

dfriend12's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Just the kind of dark and twisty I didn’t know I needed. Saw a few of the plot twists coming and some I knew there was something more but wasn’t sure how they were connected until the reveal at the end. 

Again with the amnesia with this one. Not mad about it though. And with the podcaster sidekick. Enjoyed this one more than the last though. Had no idea what I was getting myself into with this story. Literally just looked for available mystery/thrillers in Libby and 🎉 tada!🎉 

Will definitely be checking out the authors other books. 🤞🏻I feel the same way about the others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

megsbookishadventures's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders

adella_quick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Even though it was a little predictable, I really enjoyed this book. Sometimes figuring out the answers ahead of time gives you satisfaction instead of annoyance, and there were enough twists that I didn't see them all coming. 

I don't read thrillers often so I'm probably not the best reviewer for it but it was pretty good as far as tension and mystery. 

The spice level was good for me (fade to black).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

khaben31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence