The Savage Garden
by Mark Mills
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Author: Mark MillsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
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Published: 2008-05-06
ISBN: 0425221296
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: A Disappointment
Summary: 3 Stars
This novel is clearly a work of great effort, and so I feel bad not giving it a glowing review.
I really *wanted* to like it.
But none of the characters ever become real. I never felt anything for or became interested in the main character.
Although I enjoy both descriptions of imagery and classical mythology, the long . . . looooooong descriptions the writer provides to try and give the reader hints involving what happened in the past did not help the plot.
Also, the more words the writer used, the less I could actually "see" in my mind.
I can see from the reviews below that many people truly enjoyed this book, so this is just my reaction, but the characters simply never came to life for me.
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