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In the Woods
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Stacy
Apr 27, 2012 rated it liked it
The characters are wonderfully written - the language of the book is beautiful. An interesting mystery, well actually two mysteries. A young boy is found in the woods terrified and hugging a tree - his two friends are gone and his shoes are filled with blood. Now, the boy is grown up and a detective trying to solve another child murder. The protagonist is ok in the beginning but then just turns into this awful man-child. He doesn't grow, he retreats, and to make it worse - he doesn't get any bet ...more
Nicole
Nov 17, 2013 rated it it was ok
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This is one of this books that I kept coming across and could never decide if I wanted to read, so I finally did. Unfortunately those are hours I will never get back.

The first two hundred pages were slow going as I would read 30 pages and then get bored and go do something else, but I was intrigued enough to find out what happen to keep going.

There's a section in the middle that it spends up and is enjoyable, but the last hundred or so pages degenerates into this horrible whining mess. The end
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Jul 24, 2018 rated it liked it
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