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The Flowers by Lisa Cooper

sneetsnort's review

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3.0

Dr Lisa cooper while obviously being an immensely talented, intelligent and introspective individual can at times come across as pretentious. If you are looking to read this book to see her talents as a florist you are better off following her Instagram as the arrangements in the book are simple pieces that serve the purpose of complementing the text. The chapter on flower farmers might be the shining glory of this book.

boyblue's review

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1.0

Needed more about the brilliant people who form the bedrock of the industry and less about the narcissistic house of sand Cooper has built on top of it. Did she mention she's a doctor?

Clearly she wants the book to be a work of art but it would have been significantly better with some practical and pragmatic philosophy and techniques about flowers and their arrangement. As opposed to a weak glossy biography. Also would have benefitted from more pictures of flowers, 255 pages and just 17 designs seems like a huge waste of space.
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