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A review by squidshroom
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I wanted to like this book but it just felt that the premise was a little over the top. I had to continuously suspend my disbelief if I wanted to continue the story because it was just too much. Adding to that none of the characters felt like real people, our main character does not feel like a real person that lived and experienced trauma from a young age, the ages for things just don't make sense to me.
If you are willing to suspend your disbelief and not take some of the aspects of the book too seriously it would probably be a more enjoyable read but I just kept reading certain things and thinking there was no way that would happen IRL.
Also, the plot twist at the end was just too much, the author kept pushing about an extra mystery that was more profound than anything we had heard before...only for it to be that?? So Silly and just unnecessary really.
If you are willing to suspend your disbelief and not take some of the aspects of the book too seriously it would probably be a more enjoyable read but I just kept reading certain things and thinking there was no way that would happen IRL.
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death