This book...I don't even know what to say. It was so dang slow, no like really, painfully slow. But I couldn't put it down. Every slow-@$$ page, I said, "ok, well, just one more." 400+ pages later, here I am: confused,  but I understand, happy but traumatized, vindicated yet betrayed...

It gives The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo vibes, and they are filming a season of True Detective on the set of Dirty Dancing. I don't know what you want from me.

I don't even know if I liked it, but I definitely can't give it fewer than 5 stars. Did I like any of the characters? Maybe, but then they do something awful, sneaky, or stupid. How do you even summarize this book? Okay, let's see, 🤔 The God of the Woods is Why Women Choose the Bear is a narrative form. It will dredge up every awkward, hurtful, loathsome feeling you've ever felt since you were 12 years old, make you look it dead in the eye, and then have it walk away smiling. But it is a great reminder that men are awful (not all men 😒).