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The Lie Tree
- Costa Book of the Year 2015
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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The Lie Tree
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015
The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric story by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly by Night.
Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree grows healthy and bears fruit only if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered.
The girl realizes that she is good at lying and that the tree might hold the key to her father's murder, so she begins to spread untruths far and wide across her small island community. But as her tales spiral out of control, she discovers that where lies seduce, truths shatter....
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- Anonymous User
- 12-03-2019
Interesting potential but would suit a younger audience
I would suggest this story for maybe 10 - 16 year old. It gives an adolescent perspective so lacked the grunt of an adult adventure. Also hated the addition of the whining younger brother.
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-03-2019
An interesting tale.
A great place to visit and stay awhile. It certainly gets away from "run of the mill" A very good yarn!
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- Patricia
- 02-05-2016
Good story once you understood the plot
interesting plot about a tree that makes you dream and how people influence each other through trees for knowledge
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- 09-06-2016
Absolutely a good book. Will listen again.
Where does The Lie Tree rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The best
Who was your favorite character and why?
Faith off course.Smart little girl
Have you listened to any of Emilia Fox’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I will
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
At the end. When Faith realize (and accept) that her mother wasn't so bad after all. She just a reasonable slithering snake that tries her best protecting, providing and surviving amid the situation
Any additional comments?
The character of Agatha Lambert is a bit contradicting. She is scientist that believes in ghost - so she needs to shriek when she saw a photos that been modified by Paul? But nevermind that is not by anything lesser the greatness of this book.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Tony
- 22-09-2021
Great story, really annoying voice
I purchased this audio book because the story sounded like a really great plot. It was an interesting story but by the 3rd chapter I couldn’t listen to it anymore because the character voices were so exaggerated-notably Myrtle, a main character. Very disappointed.
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