Dread Wood
(5 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 5)
Publisher: Farshore
Detention on a Saturday! Could life get any worse?
As it turns out, life is about to get much worse.
As if it’s not bad enough to be missing out on the best bit of the weekend, you have to spend it with kids you don’t even like. But that’s the least of their worries once the caretaker lets Naira, Angelo, Gus and Hallie into the school grounds and locks the gate securely behind them.
One minute the PE teacher, Mr Canton, is giving out chores for the morning and the next he’s dragged underground by some unseen horror, leaving only his cap behind. And that’s just the beginning.
As the fear and dread build up in this tense thriller, a group of misfits is forced to work as a team to defeat the most terrifying of hidden attackers. Creepy things lurk in the shadows, indescribable nasties leap out when least expected and death, or worse, awaits anyone who dares to put a foot to the ground.
Not for the faint-hearted, this edge-of-seat horror is hard to put down, with many chapters ending on a cliff-hanger. But it’s the humanity and backstories that stay with you when the trauma ends.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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Alex Milner, 26 November 2023
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It was ok, better than some of the books from last years selection
Anonymous, 16 November 2023
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Its really captivating and interesting. The whole plot is twisted and the fact that giant spiders wont attack by singing a nursery rhyme is weird but in a good way .I really enjoyed it and hope there is a sequel or a next one.
Sirien, 15 November 2023
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good
rah, 10 October 2023
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It was such a good read and even though I am scared of the creature in the book, I couldn’t put it down! I loved reading it and would give it a rating of 9+! Sooo goood!
SheTheCat, 08 October 2022
It was fascinating and interesting a lot of twist and turns a bit hard to keep track of, but it was a good book overall