A review by veve_reads
The Growing Season by Helen Sedgwick

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Overall a well written story with a fascinating and original premise. However the book introduces and teases interesting aspects of this alternative version of the present then pulls back in favour of focusing on the characters interior lives in a way that is repetitive and makes the plot drag. Overall the book dithers between a meditation on grief and love and a cautionary fable of the ways scientific progress can amplify and compound existing faults in society. Frustratingly it fails to deliver a satisfactory resolution for either theme.