mollykeener 's review for:

Flowers of Darkness by Tatiana de Rosnay

2.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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This book was on track to be a solid 3 star read, possibly rising to 4. But the wholly unsatisfying ended sank it to a 2. Sometimes unresolved, ambiguous endings that let readers decide the outcome are successful—not this time. Given the piercing authenticity with which the author crafts a near-future world of AI oversight, soaring temperatures, and fake gardens, to not resolve whether it is manipulation or imagination was weak. And the mistress? Ew.