Reviews

The Hanging Wood by Martin Edwards

melissa_who_reads's review against another edition

4.0

This one seemed a bit off - all the characters seemed off kilter in this one, both the book-specific characters and the recurring characters. If you are looking for cosy: this isn't it, between the long-past child disappearance and the very gory death at the end - but the last few chapters also picked up the pace and were very well done.

taradactyl24's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this eerie and suspenseful mystery. There were some surprises that I did not guess were around the corner and a library also figures prominently into the story - and so those two reasons make me like it!

bookish_scientist's review

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

robinwalter's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Another excellent addition to the series, this one had the saddest and bleakest end yet. 

suneaters's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the book, but found the ending anticlimactic.

Like alright, the dad loses three kids because of this guy so he puts him through a wood saw as revenge. Damn.

The pacing had also been pretty steady until the end where it seems rushed to finish up. I liked all the characters well enough though there were some clear red herrings.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Sexism, Violence, and Suicide

carolsnotebook's review against another edition

3.0

This is the first in the series I've read, and I'm sorry I didn't run across Edwards earlier.

The Lake District is an unusual setting, one that makes me want to read the others in the series. I liked the characters, both the good guys and the bad guys. They seemed like real people who have made choices they live with daily.

And I'm dying to visit a residential library. How cool would that be?

thomas_wright's review

3.0

this was a good story but the pacing was to slow for me and was more focused on the detectives life than the case in hand i wont be checking out the other books

koshkemeow's review against another edition

3.0

Received from netgalley.com review pending

undomiel's review

2.0

Could not personally get in to this novel, perhaps as I read it unaware it was the 3rd in a series. To me the characters felt very flat and not properly introduced, however this could be down to me having not read the firs two; although the book had no clear indication it was part of a series, and I have read many other series that re-introduced characters to aid people in the same situation i found myself in.

littleretrorocker6's review

3.0

this was a good story but the pacing was to slow for me and was more focused on the detectives life than the case in hand i wont be checking out the other books