Name: These Silent Woods
Rating: 4.063829787234043 (47 reviews)
ISBN: 9781250793393

Kimi Cunningham Grant

A Novel

These Silent Woods

Captivating. The end had me all choked up. 

Jillian Roberts

Sonia Grgas

Good story, but I felt very manipulated. It was one of those books that made me want to yell “take your blinders off already” at the main character. I wanted to feel more sympathy for him but just couldn’t.

This is an incredibly well-written book with complex themes and characters. It explores the meaning of doing anything for family (whether blood or otherwise), no matter the cost. You may question your morals and what you would do for those you care about most. At the same time, it will make you think about different ways of life and whether we truly need all the "stuff" around us to be happy. It's easy to connect to the characters and become invested in where they will end up. I haven't had a book move me to tears in a very long time and this one did just that. 

Hannah Colbert

Elizabeth Wood

A solid 4 ⭐️ book. Loved that it was written from the father’s POV in first person. That was a unique touch. A sweet story about grace, forgiveness, and love. I really liked this book, but there was something missing for me to give it 5 stars - still haven’t been able to pinpoint it.

sophia n

wow idk what happened but i feel like i read a diff book than everyone else reviewing this because i did not love it. i didn't hate it either, but it was very mid, which at first after finishing i thought, well, still 3 stars ... but i can't really think of anything i liked about it actually. so. 2 stars. i feel kinda bad like clearly i missed something that everyone else seemed to get, but idk. 

i'm just going to say it, this was boring. i didn't really care all that much beyond just cursory interest for any of these characters. and i wouldn't call this a thriller or even a mystery. maybe a loose mystery, but any mystery elements are revealed pretty quickly, i kept waiting for more ... and there was none. if anything, this is literary fiction that uses a few mystery tropes, and i think if i'd known that going into it, my reading experience might have been very different. but expecting thrilling and mysterious elements made me also LOOK for it. and there was zero payoff. the ending made me annoyed lmao. also the setting didn't do much for me, i've read a lot spookier and better isolation-in-the-woods stories that were actually tension-filled at this point that this one was just like. okay, and? again just was so boring for me and i genuinely don't know if it was just my issue with mismatched expectations or if it was the book itself.

Jasmine

I initially requested this book because of all the high reviews, and that was probably one of the more intelligent things I’ve done this year. The desire to never put These Silent Woods down is weird because this story progresses somewhat slowly, but that doesn’t equate to a loss of interest like most other books would. The character building is phenomenal, and that allows for an insanely perfect ending. Just know that you’re probably going to need tissues for the last little bit of this book. 

This is a book that will tear down your belief in humanity and then build it back up stronger than it ever was before. I know I tend to be a little liberal with my stars (I’m always just going to be legitimately stoked to have the access/privilege to read), but this is one of those stories that will stick with you after. 

Thanks so very much to NetGalley, Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s Publishing, and Kimi Cunningham Grant for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Cheri McElroy

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book gutted me. Coop, Finch, and Scotland, living in the woods, grieving and growing, and learning about grace, will always have my heart.

lexie

I would have given this book 5 stars if it was defined as a contemporary fiction because I don’t believe it was a thriller. 

The whole story was very slow but the ending did make me cry which is why it gives me 4 stars. 

These Silent Woods A Novel

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