In a Dark, Dark Woods Review

Title: In a Dark, Dark Wood

Author: Ruth Ware

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Published: April 19, 2016

Pages: 308

The Carpenter Confessions Rating: ★★★☆☆

GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:

In s dark, dark wood Nora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her? And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room. But something goes wrong. Very wrong. And in the dark, dark room... Some things can’t stay secret for ever.

THE CARPENTER CONFESSIONS REVIEW:

Spooky Season has come to an end and this is my last thriller and buddy read of the month. I read this as an audiobook and loved the lady who read it. I’m going to be honest, I didn’t love this book. It fell a little flat for me, but the point of the story was enjoyable.

Thrillers are my favorite genre and I’d say I’ve read a lot of them. When I read In a Dark, Dark Wood, I felt like there wasn’t anything that a thriller entails. The suspense wasn’t there and the way the story developed did really make sense to how it ended. In addition, I hated all the characters involved, most of them pointless. I just didn’t really love it. I wish I did because the point of the story was really creative and I think I may have liked it more if the suspense and details were there. I feel like I sound kinda harsh and I don’t mean to make this book sound like the worst, I just wasn’t impressed. However, I didn’t hate everything about it. I don’t regret reading In a Dark, Dark Wood because there were moments that really made the book interesting and a really good scene. I can’t wait to read other Ruth Ware books because I’ve hear amazing things about her as a writer!

WHO I’D RECOMMEND TO:

This would be a good book for someone who likes a quick thriller that doesn’t have much suspense or anything too content heavy.

FORMAT:

Physical Book and AudioBook

The audiobook was really good and I prefered listening than reading this book!