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Hartverwarmend op zovele manieren. Ik wou het boek niet meer neerleggen. Ook al is het voor een jonger publiek geschreven, en was het een tikkeltje voorspelbaar, toch heb ik er heel erg van genoten. De schrijfstijl is ook helemaal mijn ding. Een mooi verhaal met een mooi einde. Aanrader!

lotchen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

karabeta's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

rosekk's review against another edition

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5.0

This book might be perfect. If it has a flaw, I didn't spot it. From the first page I was entranced: I didn't want to put the book down, I wanted to follow every word of the story to the end, and any necessary eating, sleeping or working in between were a pain. It's a short book, but by the end of it I felt as if the characters were old and familiar to me, as if I had been reading about them all my life. The threats to their family life were trully tense - I felt genuine fear for them. At the beginning of the book it isn't clear if there's a supernatural element, or if the character is suffering some kind of mental break down, and it's hard to see any rational explanation, and it all works really well. The hints of fairy-tale woven in bring it all together without overwhelming the story. I have loved every page. Now, I'm off to find out if she's written anything else, and if she has, buy the books asap.

womanon's review against another edition

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5.0

One of the most magical tales about love and hope I've ever read. I was sucked into the story from the first to the last page. Thank you Lucy for sharing such a beautiful story with us.

mat_tobin's review against another edition

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5.0

Such an impressive first novel. The Secret of Nightingale Wood is a tale of two halves for me. The first involves Henry moving into her new home in order for her family to cope with the mysterious loss of her older brother and the second half, much pacier and painfully tense, involves Henry having the save someone close to her. Wrapped within a quilted intertext based on rich children's literature around the dawn of the 20th century (as well as well before) Strange is so smart in her craft here. I don't want to give anything away but understands the power of place and character and literature to weave a clever and haunting tale that is still buzzing around in my thoughts several days after my reading.

jenniferpalmblad's review against another edition

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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