Books by Hannah Richell
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review 1: Five friends, a remote cottage; a visitor who stays and five becomes six, whereupon the dynamics change irrevocably. That's the storyline from the early 1980s, in the here-and-now is Lila, suffering after a tragic loss and watching her relationship crumble in the aftermath. The s...
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review 1: This is a fairly predictable family story set in beautiful Dorset. A tragedy splits the family apart and ten years later they are still struggling to deal with its impact. Told from the point of view of the three female protaganists and shifting back and forward in time, the read...
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review 1: I had mixed feelings about this book. I found it very hard to get into, and very hard to continue reading. The chapters that dealt with the past were so slow moving. In addition to that, none of the characters had any redeeming qualities except for one character, who wasn't re...
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review 1: I picked this up on a whim and was pleasantly surprised! I don't normally enjoy family dramas, but this one kept me engrossed - I read it in three days. The grief and tension the characters were going through was palpable, but never mawkish, and the dialogue was delightful. As a ...
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review 1: I read Hannah Richell's second book before this one (The Shadow Year) and loved the suspense so much that when I saw she had actually written a book before this I just had to read it. I enjoyed it, the twists and turns really got to me and I couldn't put it down. I could really g...
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review 1: I found this novel deeply absorbing and beautifully written. Richell portrays a very vivid picture without being too disruptive to the plot. And what a plot it is! The Tides are a family with many problems and many secrets. Following a tragic accident one summer's day - and I won...