The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

The God of the Woods

By Liz Moore

  • Release Date: 2024-07-02
  • Genre: Family Fiction & Literature
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 2,988 Ratings)

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Book Synopsis

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024

PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR

ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S “100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024”

"A long novel that at first is hard to put down. By page 200, impossible." —Stephen King

“Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt’s 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR

“This expertly paced thriller …has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries.” —The New Yorker

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

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Latest Impressions

  • Excellent writing

    5
    By SB in MN
    This book keeps you focused throughout its pages. Many characters and different timelines keeps the reader guessing at all times. All the questions did have answers in the end.

  • I want to lose my memory so I can read this again for the 1st time!!!

    5
    By 779293730838
    Daunting book at first because of the word count, however, I could NOT put it down. Characters were complex and intertwined so seamlessly. I loved it, must read!

  • Page turner!

    5
    By CrimsonLaLa26
    Could not put it down!

  • Suspenseful and Engaing

    4
    By papa ricc
    Engaging and suspenseful. Story however is a bit longer than it needed to be

  • Unexpected

    5
    By drdinbfe
    Book filled with interesting twists, complex characters and surprising ending.

  • Excellent.

    5
    By erinwb
    Excellent on every. Single. Level.

  • AMAZING

    5
    By sar_-_-
    This book was a little confusing in the beginning due to its multiple perspectives but once you learn who everyone is the multiple perspectives are what make it such a great book. I absolutely loved this book and all of its characters. Definitely worth the read!

  • A page turner

    5
    By Jewel....
    A tragic story over a span of years. A look at what it was like for a female investigator, from a strict Polish family, in the early seventies. And a story of a brave boy named Bear and a free spirit named Barbara.

  • God of the Woods

    5
    By YayaNetski
    This book kept my interest all through. Told by several characters and bouncing between different years it pulls together many lives. The setting is a home and camp in the Adirondack Mountains. The affluent owners of the property are a dysfunctional ( business obsessed father and sad ,alcoholic mother), family who ‘s young son, Bear, went missing years ago. Years later his sister, Barbara , is missing from the camp .

  • Darned good book

    4
    By Gerithegreek
    I rarely run in to a book I have a hard time putting down. This one is among the rarities. Lots of likable characters. Lots of unlikable ones, as well. I found many of the lesser wealthy characters being little more than greedy stereotypes. Alice was passive and docile to the point of seeming unbelievable. None of them seemed to have any redeeming qualities. I thought the dizzying back and forth between narrators, narratives, and chronology a bit annoying and confusing, but thus are mysteries told . . . makes the more mysterious. Some of the activity was almost deus ex machina—like Louise's sudden uncharacteristic decision to be a feminist dominatrix. I couldn’t buy it. It was out of character for her. That’s probably why it didn’t receive literary awards even though it did get a lot of praise. All in all I’m glad I read the book. I'd like to find another that holds my interest as well.

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