Reviews with content warning for Suicide - In a Dark, Dark Wood

once the ouija board said "murder" and Nora felt it might be about her, I figured it would refer to abortion. And when she revealed that James broke up with her via text, it was pretty clear it wasn't him sending the text at all, duh. Also a little far fetched that they then would NEVER EVER be in contact again after that. But okay, books like this often need you to suspend your disbelief a little bit.

However, I was kept guessing who would be the mastermind

as Flo was clearly a little unhinged and Claire was obviously too "perfect" and kind of annoying and phony

Overall I liked this and I kept finding moments to put my headphones on and continue listening. Loved the woody wintery setting and I loved some of the characters, especially Nina, she was cool.
The narrator was good, both the main character and the others in the "hen party" were well done. Most of the other accents were good too (like the Scottish nurse - I think the narrator is Scottish), just a few that were a little off but those were minor. I will put this narrator on my "approved" list ;-)

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aprilblues348's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.0

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sh543's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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katiearcher's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes

3.25

In a Dark Dark Wood is a thriller novel set in England. Nora is invited to a bachelorette weekend for her former best friend. Despite not having spoken to her for over a decade, Nora decides to go for old times’ sake. Surprise, surprise, it’s a mistake!

This story took forever to get going. I did not even begin liking this book until 45% in. A major reason for this is there are zero likable characters. Even our main character is dull as shit. Once something finally happens the story picks up from there and the second half did a much better job at holding my attention.

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storystruck's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

While this has an intriguing set-up, it takes ages for the mystery to actually kick in. I found myself bored, a death (heh) sentence for a murder mystery. I was intrigued enough to finish it - Ware is a skilled character writer - but I can’t give it more than three stars.

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