Reviews - The Last Garden in England

560 reviews for:

The Last Garden in England

Julia Kelly

3.87 AVERAGE

wanderlustcrew's review against another edition

4.0

Sweet book following 3 generations of women connected by a single garden. Loved learning more about the gardens of England and about each generation. It’s a cozy read with a few love stories.

It's 1907, and Venetia Smith begins designing an impressive landscape for the Highbury House. In 1944, Diana Symonds, Beth Pedley, and Stella Adderton are brought together at Highbury House. They all try to maintain the garden as the home is requisitioned as a convalescent home for soldiers. And in 2021, Emma Lovett is hired to restore the neglected gardens to their former glory. Although separated by many years, each woman travels a similar path of love and loss and passion.

I instantly fell in love with all of the characters! It was a little hectic at first switching between the five different points of view, but this was less of an issue as the book progressed.

sarah_mitra's review against another edition

5.0

Objectively probably more like a 4 (some of the plot lines were tied up too nicely with ribbon, or easy to predict early on), but it was all my catnip: gardening, multiple generations & time periods, gentle mystery. I devoured it!

buddygator's review against another edition

3.5

The three storylines are well-woven together. I was worried there were too many leads to keep track of, and I was a right from the stance that I sometimes struggled to remember the ancillary characters. The tale did weave the women’s lives together nicely with the garden as the focal point. Quite a sad book near the end. The happy parts didn’t really seem to help raise the mood back to neutral by the finish.

lenora_huf's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

1001chapitres's review against another edition

4.75

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cinq femmes, trois époques, un jardin 🪴 Et quel jardin les amis! Même moi qui ai la main aussi verte qu’une vendeuse de dalles de béton, j’ai été infiniment touchée par la beauté de celui-ci. Sans compter que ledit jardin s’accompagne d’une grande demeure qui n’a pas manqué de me rappeler Downton Abbey. Si on commence à piocher dans les séries doudou, c’est pas du jeu!

Cinq destinées de femmes, donc, qui ne se réaliseront pas forcément comme dans les contes de fées mais qui se réaliseront néanmoins. Si vous aimez les romans historiques sans nunucheries larmoyantes et les personnages féminins bien campés sur leurs tiges, vous devriez apprécier autant que moi ce roman qui donnerait envie de rempoter des pétunias au président de Monsanto. « Le dernier jardin d’Angleterre » de Julia Kelly sera un de mes coups de cœur du mois, assurément!