Reviews

Der Engelsbaum by Lucinda Riley

shantti's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

smi's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

gunadh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lisa0503's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

mysticlucy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

theresey01's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

booksbycc's review against another edition

5.0

The Angel Tree - Lucinda Riley
Published 2015
"For my sister Georgia"
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When her feet hit the snow on Marchmont estate, 30 years after her last visit, Greta feels her world shifting. Something stirred, something changed but she can't quite put her finger on it, she can't quite recall the memory...Yet.
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Running away from home with the hopes of making it big in the City of Angels is to most a pipe dream. Appearing on screens around the world, your name in lights but, sometimes the light is too bright. Sometimes the light awakens the darkness we run from, and, sometimes just sometimes the darkness is too deeply embedded within us that we can't run, we can't hide, we can't escape.
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"Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written and utterly compelling" Lancashire Evening Post
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Hello Book Buddies

celinececilia's review against another edition

3.5

viel hat mir gut gefallen, doch einige Handlungen waren mir zu schnell abgehandelt und andere haben sich endlos in die Länge gezogen. Nervige Charaltere, die die Handlung zu lange begleitet haben, doch wichtige Thematiken, die gut eingearbeitet waren. Ein Buch das mich immer wieder hin und her gerissen hat.

bujobyfilo's review against another edition

2.0

I didn't like Greta at all. She seems to be always useless and let David resolve everything for her.
I don't understand what makes her attractive to David, especially during 30 years...
I find it hard to like her, and then she looses her memory, and the reader is supposed to feel compassionate for her? But she did nothing good, and a lot wrong...and now she doesn't do anything...

lottie_c's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5