Reviews

Orphan of the Olive Tree by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer

lunaphorie's review against another edition

2.0

This is really badly written. I made it to the middle but couldn't keep reading, the writing was just really bad. Full of superficial, short childish sentences. Nope.

ltg584's review

4.0

What a great book! It totally took me by surprise! I wasn't familiar with the author, and don't know anyone else who has read this.

Overall, the scenery, the characters, the plot was all wonderful. But it was really the writing style that won me over. It is vibrant and smooth, and painted a clear picture for me. I was drawn in within mere pages, and could barely put it down. I needed to know how everything would unravel, and then finally be pulled together once again.

The conclusion of the book was its weakest point. A little too drawn out. Only minor editing issues.

One small detail bothered me. Most probably won't even notice it, but it stuck out for me. Nanino is grown when the first set of twins is born, yet he later mentions that he was a boy of eight when Olivia came to the abbey. This last piece of info would make him six while caring for the horses. A small error, in perspective, but there it is.

tatianawrites's review

1.0

Trite. Predictable, probably because the premise was so ridiculous. This book needed sharper editing - at least a third of it is spent going over circumstances that have already been described before, to the point of inanity.