Reviews

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

_sarah_s's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

chloejoy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

megswhitaker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

hannahhc81's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

daintydenise's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

ciara_g's review against another edition

3.75

If I were to read this novel again, I would definitely go ebook or print... As a very basic German speaker, it was hard to keep up with the names of the characters and I felt like I was spending half the time trying to place who was being spoken about/who was speaking.

I did enjoy it; I really like Millwood Hargrave’s imagery and writing style, particularly around relationships. And my interest was 100% piqued by the concept of this 16th century dancing plague - which turns out we didn’t really learn much about in this story.

The concept of religious hysteria is so interesting but it felt like the storyline got lost alongside so many different themes and conflicts, like my god, people women couldn’t catch a break in 1500’s Germany.. 🥸

A lot going on but to sum it up, I’d describe it as a love story between a beekeeper and her bees set in an oppressively patriarchal world hiding under the guise of “religion” 🙃

pmjnewton's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Interesting, but I didn’t find it believable 

karenmc69's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

isabellaci's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

lisa_mcbookface's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75