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theresaalan41 's review for:
Flowers of Darkness
by Tatiana de Rosnay
I had wanted a novel that grabbed me right away and didn’t let the tension ease, but this wasn’t that book. In the first third, there are hints that something sinister is afoot, but no actual threat to worry about.
I liked that the protagonist is a grandmother. So many novels deal with people struggling in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, that having a character with an adult child is refreshing. Clarissa is separated from her second husband after discovering a secret that repulsed her—this was beyond mere cheating. She has to find a new place to live as soon as possible, and she has to do it on her own salary of being a writer—a way of making a living that not a lot of people can survive on, let alone find a dwelling in Paris that she can afford. So, when she gets a low-cost place that’s for artists, she doesn’t question much, she just signs the papers. At first, the idea of having a device that’s like an Alexa, but with much, much more power, seems like a good safety feature. Surely the feeling of being watched is just her imagination . . .
Unfortunately, this moved at a slow place. It had some good points to it, but I just didn’t enjoy reading this book.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this novel, which RELEASES FEBRUARY 23, 2021.
I liked that the protagonist is a grandmother. So many novels deal with people struggling in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, that having a character with an adult child is refreshing. Clarissa is separated from her second husband after discovering a secret that repulsed her—this was beyond mere cheating. She has to find a new place to live as soon as possible, and she has to do it on her own salary of being a writer—a way of making a living that not a lot of people can survive on, let alone find a dwelling in Paris that she can afford. So, when she gets a low-cost place that’s for artists, she doesn’t question much, she just signs the papers. At first, the idea of having a device that’s like an Alexa, but with much, much more power, seems like a good safety feature. Surely the feeling of being watched is just her imagination . . .
Unfortunately, this moved at a slow place. It had some good points to it, but I just didn’t enjoy reading this book.
Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this novel, which RELEASES FEBRUARY 23, 2021.