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Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

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birdieblue's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

it took a while for this book to get going— like, a while— but once it got going i didn’t want to put it down. i wanted to know what happened.

it’s not a book i would pick up a second time, i don’t feel the need to re-read it, but i don’t regret having read it once. it was a good ghost story, it certainly kept you wondering.

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madarauchiha's review

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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minor emetophobia, child death, child abuse, death, suicide,

medium teen pregnancy, classism, snakes, drug dealing, possession, insects, marital infidelity, car crash, discussion of off screen rape attempt, lesbophobia, 

major repeat unreality, insects, body horror, 

Note: two mention of nooses. Not in a anti black racist context, per se.

Notes: the main female character is bisexual and not lesbian. This is not a lesbian or wlw romance at all. There is lesbian romance but it's post relationship and in the background. All the characters are white except for some token browns. One token brown has an abuelita that warns him about magic and is also somehow a bruja? Wow gee what rep / sarcasm. It was not diverse beyond a three white gay children.

It was ok. The writing was acceptable and pretty at times. There's some decent quotes if you wanna make lil gifs or graphics for your social medias. Nothing to write home about really. The plot was ok. I could kinda guess what was happening before it happened. It's a very basic YA novel.

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