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The Forgotten Garden by: Kate Morton List Price: £7.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £3.86 You Save: £4.13 (52%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780330449601 ISBN: 0330449605 Label: Pan Books Manufacturer: Pan Books Number Of Pages: 350 Publication Date: June 06, 2008 Publisher: Pan Books Release Date: May 29, 2008 Studio: Pan Books Sales Rank: 7 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Choice Magazine : 'A haunting story of the search for identity...is packed with memorable characters and evocative settings. ' Daily Express : 'A beautifully written and satisfying novel.' Waterstone's Books Quarterly: 'The Forgotten Garden weaves its powerful spell slowly and beautifully.' Gloss Magazine: `Perfect for a long afternoon in a deck chair' Dorset Echo: 'Chunky, well-written tale...' Good Housekeeping : 'The Forgotten Garden simmers with secrets and strangeness.' Evening Gazette : 'The story is full of twists and turns that kept hold of me all the way through.' Cornwall Today: `A fantastic second novel.' South Wales Argus : 'What a fantastic second novel this is. I would be surprised if it wasn't another award-winner.' Nuneaton Telegraph: `great holiday reading...an unusual book but one that keeps the reader guessing until the truth is unravelled at the end.' Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Very Very disappointingI'm an avid reader and loved The House at Riverton so when The Forgotten Garden was published I bought it anticipating another great read. Oh dear. The plot leapt about from era to era with several apparently unrelated characters who had no link between them or the dates written about. I never got as far as the garden part but just gave up at Chapter 3 because it was impossible to get into. I passed the book on to a friend with more persistence than I have, and she got no further, so this confusing book has ended up on a charity shop shelf and I hope someone else gets more pleasure from it than we did. One star out of five is being generous. Rating: - Excellent fairy tales--shame about the historical inaccuracy, and clunky plot!I had read-----and enjoyed---Kate Morton's first novel, as a light, romantic read, but I found 'The Forgotten Garden' deeply disappointing. I had the impression that this was an apprentice work, written before 'The House at Riverton' and rushed out by the publishers on the back of her first success----it begins as a romantic page turner and then---horror of horrors---there is a chapter ostensibly set in the London of 1900 which is riddled with irritating anachronisms. From here onwards, the novel---which could have been superb, descends into confused, clunky melodrama and glaring implausibilities. The triple time narrative is a distraction and really doesn't work. And yet---in the pastiche of the early twentieth century fairy tales---just 20 ... Read More: Rating:  - BrilliantSuperbly crafted. Superbly written. Fabulous story that hooks the reader at the start and never lets go. Best bit? It doesn't even fade towards the end. Rating: - Find the time to walk in this garden....This is Kate Morton's second novel and I would be brave enough to say her best so far. A hefty 600 pages which will have you turning and turning so you can discover the secrets within. This is the story of Cassandra, Nell and Eliza whose lives are all related and interlinked. Their story is told over a century as you the reader weave together all the loose ends. Nell is 4, when she arrives by ship in Australia. No one is with her and there is no one waiting for her, all she holds is a white suitcase with a few personal treasures. Hugh, a worker at the dock takes her home and she becomes part of Hugh and Lil's (Hugh's wife) family as no one comes forward to claim her. On Nell's 21st birthday, she is told the truth of ... Read More: Rating:  - A master story teller!Once again, Morton has written a good story that keeps you enthralled. I have to say that I enjoyed Riverton more, but only slightly! The story weaves in and out keeping the suspense going. I look forward to Mortons next novel. |
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