The God Of The Woods - A Novel by Liz Moore... what's all the fuss about?

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The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore is literally everywhere right now. Is this book worth the hype?
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[@acivilright]

It was definitely slow af. I'm with you it didn't pickup until 25 or 30 percent in. I ended up enjoying it but I don't read this genre often. Sounds like the slow pace isn't typical, so that's a relief.

[@Spineless_Books]

I’ve been disappointed by the genre before but I’ve definitely read many that held my interest from the beginning - this wasn’t one of those. 👎🏻

[@erikarobinson2921]

Thank goodness, I thought I was alone. I started coming up with theories as to thinking that characters had maybe swapped places lives. Certain lines repeated by different people made me see connections and I would get so excited… and then the revelations were just so… underwhelming. At least the ending made sense (which is more than I can say of some of the other “thrillers” that are out now) and the writing and characters were well developed.

[@Spineless_Books]

I wasn’t unhappy with the conclusion but it could’ve practically been a short story without the repetition!

[@Offmyrockerr]

I totally agree! I ended up rating it a 3.5 ⭐️ because I at least felt like the writing was good and all of the loose ends tied up nicely at the end, which is important to me. I also loved the female investigator and cared about her the most, and everybody else I was like okay they’re… also here. My only guess as to why people like this one so much is that they maybe don’t read this genre a ton so this it like a :O moment for them, and like, love that for them! But for me after reading a million of these I felt like this was just okay lol

[@Spineless_Books]

Completely! The investigator was the only character who was developed - and she sticks out even though she wasn’t an amazing character! Guess the book had a lot of effective hype!

[@aob6033]

I'm totally on team Meh with this book and it's good to hear someone else who thinks so too! I found it incredibly tedious and especially the female characters were soooo passive, it made me crazy. I too started to like the female investigator, but then she was also so passive, it was maddening. I wish I could understand why people liked it so much!

[@Spineless_Books]

Yes!! Such a mystery! Maybe people felt like it had a big twist? I think why people liked it is a significantly bigger mystery than the “mystery” in the book! Thanks for letting me know you agree - I appreciate it!

[@amandaiverson1936]

Thanks, I did see the length of it and was turned off by that. I'm glad I didn't pursue that.

[@CadeHuseby]

whats the fastest speed youve ever listened to an audiobook at?

[@Spineless_Books]

Great question! It really depends on the narrator! With most average speed narrators, 1.25x-1.5x feels fast but acceptable. When a narrator is slow, I have cranked it up to 3x. Usually any higher than that is gibberish. I think the only full books I've listened to at 3x are the Elliot Page memoir, Pageboy and Solito by Javier Zamora. I disliked Pageboy but needed to read it and Solito was great but the narration was painfully slow.