The Ghost Tree
Books | Fiction / Horror
3.9
(161)
Christina Henry
When people go missing in the sleepy town of Smith’s Hollow, the only clue to their fate comes when a teenager starts having terrifying visions, in a chilling horror novel from national bestselling author Christina Henry. When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.
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Author
Christina Henry
Pages
432
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2020-09-08
ISBN
0451492307 9780451492302
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"this book is perfect for lovers of the show wednesday: it's got witches, girls with visions, a murderous monster posing as a man, a corrupt mayor. i found the grooming/age gap story lines very disturbing. i was invested in the story but it got a bit slow in the middle."
Lila Sanchez
"This was one of my first forays into the genre of horror and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel. I typically lean toward thrillers and this had many elements of what I enjoy most about the genre, just with the addition of fantasy elements. When I started this novel, I wasn’t sure I was going to be a fan of any characters but I was pleasantly surprised by the ending and the arc Lauren, the main character, went through. If you like mysteries with a bit more of a horror element this might be a book for you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 "
Lianna
"Setting this one aside at 25% - I was looking forward to The Ghost Tree, but nothing has really happened & it has not held my interest. It's unnecessarily detailed, and it feels so slow. None of the characters are particularly likeable, and I'm not a huge fan of the racist character being given a POV. Maybe it gets better as it goes on, but I struggled through that first 25%. <br/><br/>CW (up to 25%) - death of a parent, racism"
Emily
"I got this one several years ago at a bookstore and I only finished it now. Not because it took me a while to read; but because I wasn't entirely driven to finish it. It's not bad- but it isn't truly remarkable either, in my opinion... I'm sure that there are many other people who might like it- but I mostly like the characters. Fun read if you have it around IG"
A.
"I honestly don’t know what happened with this. This book started out really well and then just fell apart more and more as the story went on. This was entirely too long and did not need to be over 400 pages. Especially since the ‘big reveal’ happened basically 100 pages in. I don’t understand why Christina Henry felt the need to reveal the twist so soon. Also the racism in this was over the top. This is not that old so why did it feel the need to fall into the trap older books have of beating us over the head with the fact that a character is bad with almost constant racism. News flash, I already knew the character was bad I didn’t need to listen to her racist ideals for pages and pages. And then, in the same story she wanted to have powerful conversations about female empowerment"
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Cailin Zoltak
"It was a really great book with witches of sorts, a curse, investigation and supernatural situations that are sometimes unexpected."
Isamarie Torres
"Great read!! Very spooky and I loved seeing from the points of view from the various characters in the book, even those that weren’t the main characters"
Madison Chavez
"This book is absolutely brilliant! It will keep you on edge with the characters and it's pace. It has a kind of a twilight feel to it, but not much so that you'll be tired of it or think it's redundant."
Darnell Wright
