Reviews

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

bleepbloop's review against another edition

3.25

gross

lawill17's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

roskcar's review

fast-paced

5.0

Excellent book. Interesting take on who gets to be redeemed 

literatelizard's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

kpharoah's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

theenglishphan's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Some cool uplifting themes of friendship even surviving death. Some boring subplot about demons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Slow burn. Definitely written by a man. Some good solid character work. I will not be eating apples for a while.

ristretto_and_romance's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

acelesteee's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

dreamsower's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

againanew's review

3.0

So I never quit a book. And I read horror all the time. But I still have so much left of this one and I just realized... I just do not care. I don't care what happens to any character. Every character is boring and unlikeable. I especially don't care what happens to Calla. I can't go through one more minute of her whining. I'm sure I'm a minority here bc this book has great reviews somehow (HOW!??!) - so don't let my review turn you off if you are really interested. But.. Ugh. I'm out. Nothing has even really happened other than idiotic inane dialog and a couple bland murders. Why is this book so long?! DNF @ 60%.