LovedI'm not going to spoil it, but it is a wonderful exploration of friendship. And it has a wonderful cast of characters that are so well defined and each of them so archetypical and fun and different in their own ways.
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The Staircase in the Woods (2025)
Creators: Disliked While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend climbs up but does not come back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it reappears, and the friends return to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase.
Loved
Dislikedan absolutely incredible premise that was obliterated by some of the worst characters I've ever had the displeasure of reading about and so much trauma porn.
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DislikedDude, I am so upset about this because this is like one of my most anticipated books of the year, and I got a 100 pages in. I couldn't stand any of the characters.
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DislikedBut I was in the mood for a Windig this month, and I read 14% of Staircase in the Woods, and this just wasn't quite working for me in the moment. This is an NFN.
LikedAnd it's a book that immediately pulled me in. I think that Chuck Wendig is just a really good storyteller. I think he writes characters that just feel well-rounded.
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