The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
5/5
Riverhead Books 438 pages July 2, 2024
In August 1975, thirteen-year-old Barbara Van Laar disappears from a summer camp in the Adirondacks that her wealthy family owns, the same family whose eldest son vanished years earlier. The search unfolds through the eyes of campers, counselors, family members and investigators across several timelines.
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A literary mystery that works as both a page-turner and a portrait of class and power. Moore juggles a large cast and several timelines without losing the thread, and each new point of view changes what the reader thinks happened. The camp, the woods and the family's estate are so vividly drawn they feel like characters. The slow start rewards patience. Content note: child endangerment and abuse. Five worms — a mystery with the depth of a great novel.
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