A review by mangofandango
The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen

2.0

I like a good dystopian sci-fi premise, and this had that in theory...but the execution was pretty weak. All of the SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS were actually super telegraphed and obvious, and the whole thing had a certain obviousness to it. I read the whole thing, and it wasn't terrible, but it also wasn't very good. I thought the ending was kind of sweet, but not exactly satisfying, and the whole thing lacked depth and nuance.