glindaaa 's review for:

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly

3.0

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The first impression of the book was really well. I was interested in how the book worked and what the relationship was between the woman of the three timelines. It was actually interesting to figure out the little notes. Henry talking about the art of the garden while you read about someone who liked drawing before and such. The actual reveal was only done in the end, which was properly done in the writing. I think that made it interesting but in general, I did not like how much the women were obsessed with romance and the men. Surely not everyone had that but still it felt like that was a big part of the book, and that did not interest me at all.

I felt like in the end it was less about the garden and more about love in the story of Venetia and Beth. That made me like Stella and Emma the most, albeit the latter could also be discussed as "looking for love" or not. Still, this book was highly interesting and about the power that the women wanted to have and the future they wanted to have, which they took into their own hands. So that was interesting for sure.

Maybe the author note was the most interesting, not going to lie, sorry!