This Golden Land

Very similar to Duminia, same type of heroine, both stuggling in the medical field, one a would be doctor the other a would be midwife, struggle non stop, dusty Australian outback, very long winded and the main male characters very weak and wishy washy. Some of the Australian Aboriginies riutuals the same in fact as described in Duminia seemed a lot of paste ;and print.. Couldn't wait for the book toend which was abrupt and and felt unfinished in fact a damp squib..

This was my first novel by Barbara Wood. I bought it after seeing the five-star reviews and the price for the hard cover version and I probably expected more than I should had. I am just slightly dissapointed. I finished the book and I kind of liked it. On the other hand the story was little too linear and the chracters bit one-dimensional - either realy good or evil, well with one nice exeption anyway. The book has very grandmotherly feel to it with everything falling to the right place at the right time and with carefully controled political correctness. I liked very much the setting of the story and the early medical issues. There was an occasional editing problem but nothing major or too distracting. I will definitely read some more books by Barbara Wood and probably recomend this one to some friends but I honestly cannot give it five stars.

I would have given this book four stars easily; it was well written and fascinating as I always enjoy Barbara Wood's books. Unfortunately, the editing on this book was atrocious - there were spelling and grammatical mistakes throughout - and I believe that at least one star should be withheld because of this sloppiness.I'm not sure how eBooks are handled but this is far too often the case where it was much less often a problem when I have read books on paper. This book though, was especially careless, so much so that my enjoyment was severally diminished by this.

Good book but not as good as the first one i read. I still would read more of her books. They are well written and i think get later books have more substance

I throughly enjoyed this book.

At times, it's like "Now what's going to happen to them?" Too many life-threatening and life-changing episodes. However, it is a good read and very interesting. I did enjoy it.

Every book I've read by Barbara Wood has been so well written, she keeps me so interested and intrigued. This is a must read for anyone who lives Australia and history.

I've been reading Barbara Wood's books for decades. I'm constantly amazed at her storytelling prowess. "This Golden Land", her latest, shows that her writing has improved (something I'd find hard to believe could happen, since she's always been so good to begin with!) with time and publication. I loved this book; it had me right from the start and kept me to the last page. I highly recommend it.

What a wonderful story

Bit disappointed by this book as I adore Barbara Wood and the characters she creates but felt like I had already met these people in previous books. Will not put me off buying more of her work though.

Another first class novel from Barbara Wood. Cannot recomment it highy enough. Always researched thoroughly and gives insight into whatever subject she is writing about.

I really enjoyed this. I was a bit concerned to start as I had read books under her other name and wondered how they would compare, but I was very impressed and will read more under this pen name

Der Schreibstil ist einfach, manchmal primitiv.Die Geschichte ist so naja. Aus dem Rückblick heraus zukunftsweisende Figuren zu entwerfen, ist halt einfach, schließlich weiß man, wohin sich die Welt entwickelt hat. Ich hab früher ganz gerne historische Romane gelesen, weil man dabei manchmal noch was lernen kann. Das war bei dem hier für mich nicht der Fall. Ansonsten bedient die Handlungsführung sehr romantische Lebensvorstellungen, die ich jedoch für äußerst unrealistisch halte. An zwei Stellen werden Probleme/Konflikte auf sehr einfache, unrealistische Weise gelöst. Es wirkt ein bisschen so, als hätte die Autorin selbst nicht gewusst, wie sie den Knoten sinnvoll lösen könnte, oder als hätten die Verleger nicht erlaubt, dass sie den Handlungsstrang sinnvoll zuende bringt, weil keine Zeit mehr war oder das Buch zu lang wurde.10-14-Jährigen würde ich von dem Buch nicht abraten, empfehlen würde ich es aber auch niemandem.