The Poison Tree

hmm... so i am giving this four stars because 1)there is no option for three-and-a-half 2)it was kind of the perfect book to suit my mood in the day-and-a-half it took me to read it 3)in the spectrum of "books that claim to be just like secret history" this one takes home high marks. but really - it's ju......more

Following The Secret History, there has been an avalanche of books claiming to be like it or inspired by it. My attention was first drawn to The Poison Tree, after I read a review comparing it to The Secret History. My interest was immediately piqued because The Secret History, as some of you may kn......more

This book did not succeed for me, on several levels. Primarily I just didn't get the fascination the narrator, Karen, felt for the Capel siblings, Biba and Rex. Biba seemed spoiled and self-absorbed and Rex was jobless, wimpy, and ineffective at his self-appointed task of being Biba's caretaker. The......more

Pandemic rereads #4 The first time I read The Poison Tree is one of my strongest and most enduring reading memories. It was an unseasonably hot day in April 2011, and I got through almost all of it in a few hours while sat on a grassy bank in a park near my old sixth form college. Both setting and we......more

When I originally rated this book, the author "thanked" me on Twitter for my review. I could not tell if it was a serious or sarcastic thank you . . . Her followers were not very happy with me! I am sure that some people will like this book a lot, but it seemed very contrived, forced, and unbelievabl......more