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The Red Tree

By: Caitlin R. Kiernan
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens, Katherine Kellgren, Christian Rummel
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Publisher's summary

Sarah Crowe left Atlanta, and the remnants of a tumultuous relationship, to live alone in an old house in rural Rhode Island. Within its walls she discovers an unfinished manuscript written by the house's former tenant - a parapsychologist obsessed with the ancient oak growing on a desolate corner of the property. And as the gnarled tree takes root in her imagination, Sarah risks her health and her sanity to unearth a revelation planted centuries ago.

©2009 Caitlin R. Kiernan (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

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"[Caitlín R. Kiernan has] a gift for language that borders on the scary." (Neil Gaiman)

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What a waste of time and money

Boring, boring, boring and endless.

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Don't waste your money

Some things I wish I would have known before buying:
In the first two hours the "f" word is in every other sentence.
The main character is a lesbian that goes on about how horny she is and there are several lesbian sex scenes.
There are too many dream sequences that confuse the story and editor notes and short story stuff.
The story kind of just rambles on in weird places.
I was stubborn enough to listen to the end even though I wanted to turn it off after about 1 1/2 hours, and finally to get to the end and there really was no end per se. FRUSTRATING! (even the author mentions this saying that it is like that because that is how real life is - no ending)
There were some interesting elements though, that is why I gave it two stars instead of one.

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lesbians have a otherworldly experience

lots of foul language, lots of lesbian encounters, very little story. in fact, it is a story about an author who cant write a story, which is creepy since that is exactly what it ended up being. very disappointing; but then i like plot, science fiction, and when i say i like fantasy, i wasnt thinking of lesbian fantasy. creepy without the cool plot.

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    2 out of 5 stars

Slow and disappointing.

I've really enjoyed the other novel's I've read by Caitlin Kiernan before, so I was really sad to be disappointed with this one. Overall, slow and dragging plot, and my least favorite narrator. Also, the ending didn't leave one hanging with suspense, or pondering questions of "may have been", it just....wasn't. Try again. :(

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