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A review by lisamshardlow
The Houseplant by Jeremy Ray
5.0
Firstly, thank you so much to Jeremy Ray for sending me a free copy of his ebook in exchange for this honest review.
George is a fern, living at Garden Palace. One day he is chosen by Brenda to go home and live with her and her other humans, much to George’s dismay. The plant would much prefer to be outside with its own kind, instead of cooped up indoors. After a while, George reluctantly learns to trust and even love Brenda, when tragedy strikes and things will never be the same for George again.
After reading this, I don’t think I will ever look at any kind of plant in the same way again, that’s for sure! It’s strange to think of them as having thoughts and feelings in the same way that humans and most animals do. It was a very heartwarming story about a little being learning to trust and to love, despite what it had witnessed while living in the garden centre. I found the whole story very uplifting and I enjoyed it a lot from start to finish. There was a lot of emotion packed into such a short story.
I really don’t think that there was anything that I didn’t like about this. Like I’ve said previously about Jeremy Ray, I think it’s rare when a writer can make you really feel something. And that’s what he manages to do.
I give this 5 out of 5 stars and would recommend it to anyone who likes short stories, contemporary fiction with elements of fantasy, heartwarming and uplifting stories.
George is a fern, living at Garden Palace. One day he is chosen by Brenda to go home and live with her and her other humans, much to George’s dismay. The plant would much prefer to be outside with its own kind, instead of cooped up indoors. After a while, George reluctantly learns to trust and even love Brenda, when tragedy strikes and things will never be the same for George again.
After reading this, I don’t think I will ever look at any kind of plant in the same way again, that’s for sure! It’s strange to think of them as having thoughts and feelings in the same way that humans and most animals do. It was a very heartwarming story about a little being learning to trust and to love, despite what it had witnessed while living in the garden centre. I found the whole story very uplifting and I enjoyed it a lot from start to finish. There was a lot of emotion packed into such a short story.
I really don’t think that there was anything that I didn’t like about this. Like I’ve said previously about Jeremy Ray, I think it’s rare when a writer can make you really feel something. And that’s what he manages to do.
I give this 5 out of 5 stars and would recommend it to anyone who likes short stories, contemporary fiction with elements of fantasy, heartwarming and uplifting stories.