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The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

momof4borum's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

jchughes14's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

lizardcarlson's review against another edition

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4.0

I hate to say that I loved this book because the themes of it are extremely disturbing. However, I couldn’t put it down. It was going to be 5 stars for me, but I got confused at the end. Wasn’t a big fan of the twist or the writing towards the end. 

However, the FMC was super strong and bad ass, and I got teary eyes several times at the love the girls had for each other. 

gcwolf98's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

thegirlinpolitics's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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abbyfr's review

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was incredibly hard to read but genuinely impossible to put down. I felt like every detail was so precise and carefully chosen, and everything came together perfectly. Just an exceptional book, but def one that requires some serious trigger warnings 
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idil's review against another edition

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4.0

this was a creepy, scary book. I started it at 1am last night and i couldn't put it down until i finished it, i was too scared to go to sleep without knowing what happens.

This book had some fascinating themes and i think im going to read it again just to focus on the smaller things.

veronicagee's review against another edition

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4.0

I can't remember the last time I started a book at midnight, staying up 'til the wee hours of the morn unable to put it down, eyes fluttering as sleep prevented me from reading it all in one go. This tale is not for the faint of heart; you spend the entire novel wondering if the main character is unreliable or not (because of course she must be based on the events that went on during her
captivity
), wondering how
perversions can stay hidden for decades with people being none the wiser.
I have read a book with a similar concept (The Collector by John Fowles), though this one was far more twisted and depraved, the subject matter more triggering than the book it pulled inspiration from. I may continue the series, but this was intriguing as a stand alone! 

xb_hopex's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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zoejoanne's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0