A review by kairhone
The Garden of Reading by Michele Slung

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

As a whole the collection is incongruous. A handful of the authors made sense together: Doris Lessing, Edna O'Brien, Barbara Pym...but adding Stephen King and David Gutterson really makes no sense. An anthology benefits from a strong running thread, and gardens and gardening simply weren't strong enough to hold it all together. The editing is pretty poor, too. There are sentences without punctuation and some with missing words.