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Quick answer The Suicide Forest by by Jeremy Bates (Author) Format: Paperback scores 8.4/10 with us. Amazon owners rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 8,098 reviews, below the 4.5 average of the 347 products we track in Books & Media.

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11 specifications
Publisher‎ Ghillinnein Books
Publication date‎ December 16, 2014
Edition‎ First Edition
Language‎ English
Print length‎ 365 pages
ISBN-10‎ 0993764622
ISBN-13‎ 978-0993764622
Item Weight‎ 1.2 pounds
Reading age‎ 13 - 18 years
Dimensions‎ 6 x 0.92 x 9 inches
Book 1 of 7‎ World's Scariest Places

Customer reviews

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Breakdown from the 10 most helpful reviews we imported.

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Elisabeth Zguta
Verified purchaseDecember 14, 2014
Heart pounding suspense!

I strongly recommend this book for suspense seekers, you will definitely be entertained. Revealed through the eyes and voice of Ethan, who deals with the strange and gruesome occurrences that he, and six other companions, experience in Aokigahara Jukai - the Sea of Trees, or better known in Japan as the place to go, to commit suicide.Suicide Forest -It's an intriguing title and it only gets better-Jeremy Bates wrote a vivid novel, and pulls the reader into the world under the trees, a woven canopy of twisted boughs and an imaginative macabre forest.The protagonist's back story unfolds nicely w

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Arianna
Verified purchaseSeptember 14, 2026
Easy to read and grabs the attention quickly.

It’s interesting and creepy from the get go, but after a while parts of it felt a bit slow. Some things are mentioned and seem like they’d be important and are never brought up again. The ending was wild and went by really quickly. I’ll definitely read it again.

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Shannon L. Gardner
Verified purchaseJanuary 30, 2017
You could not pay me enough to walk in this forest.

This would make a great movie. It has horror, drama, adventure, a little sex, some gore, throw in some comedy for good measure and you have yourself a great movie with a Halloween release date. (better then movies in the past on the same subject matter). This "scary place" is called Aokigahara Jukai, the Sea Of Trees, the Demon Forest or the more common name of the Suicide Forest. This is the home of 500 or more confirmed suicides dating back to the 1950's. The author has mixed the true mythology and history of this area. This forest sits at the foot of Mnt Fuji. In this book the Forest is it'

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Zoey
Verified purchaseSeptember 25, 2025
Decent

It was a very good book at first. The building of the plot was amazing and it kept me interested. I felt like the ending was rushed. There were details the author never expanded on. Overall, it was a decent read.

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Leigh Anne Jensen
Verified purchaseFebruary 21, 2018
Startlingly Spooky!

This book was utterly terrifying. I am a huge fan of the horror genre. I really enjoy suspense and thrill and that tingle up your spine of fear. So when I saw this book by Jeremy Bates, I thought, "The scariest places in the world? I'm intrigued!" And I was not disappointed. In fact, I got much more than I bargained for.This book is set in the Aokigahara Forest in Japan. Japan is a beautiful country with a spectacular culture that I have loved for a very long time, which made several of the references and descriptions instantly come to life for me. I think that even if you know nothing about J

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Mary Adele
Verified purchaseAugust 29, 2026
Good read

I haven’t read a book in a very long time that freaked me out a bit. I wish there was more to the ending but over all this was a great read.

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Haven08
Verified purchaseJuly 8, 2026
Jaw on the floor

This started as a slow burn and then just got faster and faster. I am so in love with the story and character development in this horror book! This is my new favorite book. Everyone that like horror needs to read this. Things just kept surprising me.

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K. Johnson
Verified purchaseApril 17, 2015
I Liked This Book!

I have long been fascinated with Aokigahara Jukai: The Japanese forest at the base of Mt. Fuji, also known as the Sea of Trees, or AKA The Suicide Forest of Japan. This is a real place where actual tragedies unfold and it is the perfect place to use as the setting of a suspense/horror story. The author did an excellent job describing the culture and background of Japan while weaving a fantastical thriller. Not quite horror, but definitely psychological.The story unfolds with a ragtag group of Westerners, living or traveling in Japan, wanting to climb Mt Fugi. Due to bad weather conditions, the

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