Both Helena and Alex know that life will never be the same, once Pandora’s secrets have been revealed. Als erstes muss ich sagen, dass ich ein riesen Riley Fan bin und bis jetzt jedes Buch gelesen, nein sogar verschlungen habe. También esta narrado desde el Pov de ella pero en tercera persona e incluso algunos pocos capítulos de William su marido. I was worried The Olive Tree was simply going to be the usual story of what happens when a family goes on holiday similar to that of books I had read last year by Fanny Blake and Catherine Alliott.

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Me alegra tanto de volver a leer Lucinda Riley y ahora que no está, es cuando más hay que disfrutar de su obra para recordarla.Atrapante, tierna, emotiva y muy conmovedora fue esta lectura, lo que comienza con unas felices vacaciones de verano del 2006 acaban siendo unas vacaciones de duras verdades que estaban muy escondidas. He visto algunas cosas predecibles y otras me han sorprendido, pero en general, creo que es una historia imperdible, que te remueve, te hace pensar y soñar. Lo empecé a leer para el club de lectura de La sociedad literaria pero, leídas 100 páginas no he podido con él. I have to say that Immy simply stole every scene she was in and even though she was five she had a wise yet very funny side to her that had me chuckling away to myself throughout the book.

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It is set on the idyllic island of Cyprus and takes us into the lives of two main families who on the surface seem to have it all, great relationships, beautiful houses, and good kids, but over the course of one hot summer marriages will be tested, secrets will be revealed, love will be found, love will be lost, and lives will be changed forever. DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Waitomo District Library for the loan of the audiobook of The Olive Tree by Lucinda Riley for review.I savoured this book as I wanted it to last, I added the audiobook and was touched as Lucinda Riley narrated it with her son Harry Whittaker. Tengo que decir que Lucinda Riley sigue sorprendiéndome, a pesar de estar escrita hace diez años según comenta ella, es una historia que te atrapa enseguida, tenemos unos personajes muy reales y humanos, con sus defectos, con sus problemas y muchos secretos. Jedan malo drugačiji Lusindin roman, moderna je to porodična priča iako ipak krije tajne iz prošlosti koje se moraju otkriti. Riley cleverly juggles multiple timelines and viewpoints of different family members at various stages of their lives, making us root for every single one of them and forcing us to ponder the fleeting nature of our own life. Hay muchos personajes secundarios, que en algún momento también forman parte muy importante con su propia pequeña sub trama que le da un muy buen ritmo a la historia sin que en ningún momento se me hiciera aburrida a pesar de que es un libro de mas de 500 paginas, cuando por fin se descubre el secreto puedo decir que ni idea de así fuera puesto que la autora no da ninguna pista, fue muy impactante.

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And now she is back for the summer, with family and friends in tow, after inheriting the empty, crumbling house. At the difficult age of thirteen, Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother, and growing up. She spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England. The characters are so stereotypical that I just wanted to burn them with the fire of a thousand suns. Las anotaciones de su diario fueron muy divertidas y en parte, me recordaron a las que yo hice en mi propio diario a esa edad.What the others don’t know is that the idyllic beauty of the house masks a web of secrets and there is a risk that here in Cyprus the truth is dangerously close to the surface. Brimming with the colour, atmosphere and sultry heat of beautiful Cyprus, this is a gripping story about family relationships across all generations, the ties that bind us with sometimes invisible cords and the complex nature of ‘family’ in the modern world. When Helena meets her childhood sweetheart by chance, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past and present collide.

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I've never reviewed a book by Lucinda before I don't know why but given the opportunity to do so I jumped at the chance with this new book The Olive Tree. Me enamore de Alex nada más comenzar este libro, Alex es especial, es de esas personas que ven las cosas donde otros no lo ven.

Lucinda Riley has created such a relatable, likable, loveable, and sometimes downright funny character in Alex that I could have read the entire book from his viewpoint – even though it was written in diary form – and happily given the book five stars. The memories I have of my children on various summer holidays will always be very dear to me, especially as they get older. Did your feelings towards the characters stay the same throughout the novel, or did your loyalties shift?