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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Just above average - once you've read 1/3 of the book Alex, an art history student in the 1950s, is broken up with and finds an offer to study the garden of the Docci villa in Tuscany a welcome chance to get away. He is drawn into a wilderness of a family secret and the secret of the centuries' old garden and its artwork. "The Savage Garden" is about pulling back and leafed branch and stepping into the unknown and daring to see. I found this novel difficult to get start. The beginning is a series of horticultural description and scenes that seems out of... more info
Very very average - and strangely similar to Kate Mosse's Labarinth Hmmm, isn't it odd how some Richard and Judy books are spot on and others are so far off the mark. I read this at speed on holiday. If I hadn't I wouldn't have finished it. It gave me a strange sense of deja vu as I was in the same place when I read Kate Mosse's Labarinth (which I wasn't very keen on) and the stories were so similar. I wouldn't bother reading this, it sounds promising and then is so dull and lacking in depth that you'll have wasted your time.
Good build up throughout book but finished too quickly I really enjoyed the gradual unfolding of the story and the way that the characters were developed. The book felt like an old fashioned murder mystery where clues were being dropped along the way in an Agatha Christie style.
None of the characters were too cliched and I felt that just the right amount of information was given about them.
The only problem I had with the book was the ending, it all happened far too quickly and I felt that I must have missed something earlier on. I did, however,... more info
Waking the Dead Adam Strickland solves a 400-year-old murder, but although this novel is a pleasant read, it cannot be described as either 'captivating' or 'intriguing', as claimed by various newspapers' critic's reviews. In fact, I found it rather bland and totally predictable. Even the Italian influence disappointed me; I love Italy, but found the prose to be totally lacking in its ability to conjure up the atmosphere of that wonderful country. A plus point - Art History was at the heart of the novel and as a reader with... more info
