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The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

9 reviews

anissawren's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Vomit

mblanke's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

evevallarta's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Wow.
Esta demasiado intenso, es una historia muy fuerte, aunque el final cierra bien, hay una luz al final del tunel.
Esta narrado de manera muy unica e incluso al final sorprende un pequeño twist. 
Definitivamente recomiendo checar los trigger warnings ⚠️ porque son a lo larggo de toooodo el libro.
Se gana sus 5 estrellas porque no le encontré ni un error, me engancho desde el principio 
AUNQUE, no es de mis favoritos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Violence, Addiction, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

spooky_haley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was a book I struggled to fully digest, but absolutely loved. Dot did a wonderful job describing the Garden and the Butterflies in such a beautiful way that I had to constantly remind myself that this was a terrible place where terrible things happen. Definitely my favorite book of 2023 so far!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

delaynakh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

“…and I thought how fucking unfair it was that he made us butterflies, of all things.

Real butterflies could fly away, out of reach.”

Book Dynamics✨

Under 300 pages

No chapters

Alternating POV

3 parts

I’m not going to sugar coat it. This book is fucked up. It was exactly what I was looking for 🙃😂

I would call it SVU after dark. It’s not too graphic so even though the subject matter is very heavy it was easier to digest. 

The twist in the last few pages.. Wow wee. I did not see that coming one bit! 

Overall: grab it if the synopsis interests you. I don’t think you will be disappointed.

Favorite Character: Bliss. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug abuse

b00murded's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Ending of the book felt very rushed. I personally did not like some of the ways the author decided to take the ending of the novel. This book has very dark content TW include: violence against women, harsh language, drug use, sexual assault.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

elagomes06's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

jcpreads's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I’ve heard nothing but great things about this book which made me a little apprehensive going into it. You never know if it’s actually going to live up to the hype. I finished this book less than 30 seconds ago and I’m already typing up a review, so that should tell you something already.

The writing style of this one was unique. It took a bit for me to get used to the differing POV’s without a distinct indication of the change. It also took me a little bit to get used to the fact that this book didn’t have chapters, which I’m typically one to stay away from. HOWEVER, once adjusting this book had me hooked. I was actually hooked by page 15 which was way too early on for my comfort.

The character development was incredibly intriguing to see play out literally until the very last page. The narrator, Maya/Inara was mildly unreliable but mainly because the reader needs to have that inkling of doubt. Learning about the main character’s life before, in the middle, and after was important to this plot. Dot Hutchinson is an incredible writer and has a beautiful way of stringing words together.

I’m not a series girl, and I know I’ve said that before. So believe me when I say, I cannot wait to get my hands on book #2 of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship