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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Kate Morton's writing is superb.
The Authoress and a little girl board a ship in England. She tells the little girl to wait for her, but she never comes back and the little girl is left all alone, sitting atop her suitcase, on a wharf in Australia. Without a name and no one looking for her the portmaster is left with little choice but to take the four-year-old child in. She is given a name and a good life until her father, the portmaster, tells her she is not who she thinks she is. The now 21-year old Nell leaves everything and everyone she has ever known and eventually sets off to find the one person she thinks will give her the answers she so desperately wants - the Authoress.
The book switches between a time when Nell is searching for answers about who she is; to her granddaughter searching in England for the answers that Nell never had the pleasure of knowing; and further back to when the Authoress herself was growing up.
The book is unputdownable.
The Authoress and a little girl board a ship in England. She tells the little girl to wait for her, but she never comes back and the little girl is left all alone, sitting atop her suitcase, on a wharf in Australia. Without a name and no one looking for her the portmaster is left with little choice but to take the four-year-old child in. She is given a name and a good life until her father, the portmaster, tells her she is not who she thinks she is. The now 21-year old Nell leaves everything and everyone she has ever known and eventually sets off to find the one person she thinks will give her the answers she so desperately wants - the Authoress.
The book switches between a time when Nell is searching for answers about who she is; to her granddaughter searching in England for the answers that Nell never had the pleasure of knowing; and further back to when the Authoress herself was growing up.
The book is unputdownable.
This was an interesting story, it did make me want to finish it so I knew what happened. Some of it you can see coming, but the build up is good. Maybe two generations rather than three generations would have meant you learnt more about the characters as some I wanted to know more about.
Another great read from Kate Morton. It took me about 100 pages into it before I was really enjoying myself but after that I couldn't put it down. Kate knows how to weave a fantastical story that leaves you wondering all the way until the end. I would recommend her to anyone. I did find Nell irritating at times. Really, just because you were "found" and loved you are totally going to change your personality and how you act towards those were have loved you your whole life? I did find her personality very frustrating. but besides that, the other characters were so real and vivid.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
Multi generational mysteries, crossing a hundred years & different continents, The Forgotten Garden is a proper, old fashioned family saga. I will confess to not realising that this was a republishing of a novel originally written in 2008 & got a bit of the way in before realising I had read it before. Not to worry, I thoroughly enjoyed the story & particularly liked Eliza & her wonderful stories.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No