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anni_swanilda's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Classism, and War
Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
caribbeangirlreading's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
TLGiE was the April pick for my IRL book club. The novel follows the stories of five different women, all with ties to the gardens at Highbury House. There are some romance story lines, but at its heart this is a story about women finding their purpose in life. Although at many times sad, it is also a comforting.
LOVED
• The full narrator cast!
• A present-day timeline in which the pandemic did not exist.
• Three timelines that were as interesting and strong as the next one.
• Three timelines that were as interesting and strong as the next one.
• All the descriptions of gardens, and gardening.
• The focus on a part of WWII history that I knew nothing about - young women who were sent to the English countryside to work as “land girls” and the requisition of large estates to be used as hospitals and/or farming land.
My only complaint is that three timelines and five MCs meant that character development was not as strong as it could have been.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, and War
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