Book Marks Reviews of The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Book Marks
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Riverhead Books
When Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her bunk at summer camp one morning in August 1975, it sets off a frantic, terrifying search. The loss of a camper is a terrible tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara is not just any camper: she is the daughter of the wealthy family that owns the camp – as well as the opulent estate nearby and most of the land within sight. And this is not the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region. Barbara’s older brother had already disappeared 16 years earlier and was never found. How could this happen again?
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Complex…Draws the reader so deeply into its populous and foreboding world that for hours everything else fades into the background…Nuanced…Frighteningly astute about the invisible lines that demarcate social classes.
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Extraordinary…I found myself so engrossed in a rich fictional world that I could hardly come up for air for hours…Moore’s previous book…was a great social novel about the opioid crisis in Philadelphia; The God of the Forest is something stranger, more remarkable and more unforgettable.
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Complex and fascinating… clever… extremely satisfying… To survive in these woods, it seems, one must uncover deeply buried family secrets. Moore skillfully leads us through this tangle of paths to a thrilling and unexpected ending.
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