309 reviews for:

Hothouse Flower

Lucinda Riley

3.55 AVERAGE

echombravo's review against another edition

2.0

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From other reviews on this book, I believe I got this book from a list of books for fans of Downton Abbey. This book does not belong on that list. The only thing it has in common with Downton is that there's an estate with servants. Hardly a feature that's unique for books set in Britain. It's also in the wrong time period for the story it is trying to tell. The themes are all over the place. Also, like others, I found it cliche and too familiar. Maybe I read too many of the same types of books. I think Kate Morton does the unraveling of past family mysteries way better than this one. The ending is a dizzy pace of reveals. There are 2 that are really out of place in the story and I don't think should have been included in Julia's journey.

headachesince03's review against another edition

2.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

bookswithlydscl's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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classic lucinda riley style but knocked off stars for the godawful way, stereotypical and vaguely racist way they made Lydia talk...honestly!

jazzi_91's review against another edition

5.0

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Hvis man kan lide lidt tøsede bøger, hvor der familiehemmeligheder der bliver afsløret skal man læse denne bog.

Jeg var revet med fra første kapitel. Samspillet mellem fortid og nutid spillede godt sammen, og man føler sig virkelig draget ind i historien.

m_r_martin1981's review against another edition

2.0

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This book ended up being disappointing. I enjoyed the first half; it made me excited to keep reading to find out the deep, dark family secret. Unfortunately the second half really dragged and by the time the secret was revealed, I had figured it out. After the “big reveal”, there was still 20% of the book left. I felt like the last 20% was written by a different author. The numerous plot twists thrown in and bad dialogue felt so different from the rest of the book.

khrys's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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: Yes

yellowpinkapple's review against another edition

1.0

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

yoni1402's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annikalukee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

amread's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes