Reviews

Under the Hawthorn Tree by Donald Teskey, Marita Conlon-McKenna

livreadsalot3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful

3.0

_aoibheann_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.25

finsternuss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Read this for one of my college courses. We are going to Ireland and this is a book set in Ireland during the potato famine. It is incredibly sad and the kids it follows are so strong, I could never walk as far as they did with as little food and no guidance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Animal death

Famine

leabhar_love's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

4.0

clobio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

sweets_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

tsundokued's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty OK, not very gripping, but still quite interesting.

kazzified29's review against another edition

4.0

One of the books that sticks out most from my childhood and I had to read it again.

sophie_g12's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25