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Rating: 
- My book of the summer!
I bought this book based on several Amazon reviews and cannot praise it enough. I was slightly concerned reading the cover that it would be difficult to track the story flitting through so many generations but the book is so beautifully and charmingly written that not only is it easy to read but it is absolutely addictive and a real page turner. The contrast between the 1900's and modern day were wonderfully woven and I warmed to the characters instantly. It has everything you could want, family ties, love, pain, guilt, twists and turns and I guarantee you won't be able to put it down. This book sent shivers down my spine at the end and I'm now inspired to read Morton's first book.
Rating:
- summer read !
The Forgotten Garden
I read The House at Riverton last summer and thought I would enjoy the next book by the same author.
This is such a trial to get into.
If you read quickly and have the time to sit and read at least 100 pages in one go you will be o.k but all the chopping and changing of time and place at the beginning nearly put me off.
The general story could have been more concise as one previous reviewer said you guess the ending 3/4 of the way through.
If you can buy it at a good price get it or better still go to the library!
Rating: - Magic!
I don't even know where to start in reviewing this book. I can't quite remember when a book drew me in and kept my attention for the duration of the novel like this one did. It was a long book but it was so engrossing I read it within a couple of days, I literally couldn't put it down. It was absolutely magical. Well done Kate Morton!
The story begins in 1913 with a very little girl who lands in Australia apparently without any history, even to the extent of not remembering her own name, only that a lady called 'the Authoress' is supposed to be looking after her and she has disappeared. She is taken in by the harbour master and his family and when no one comes forward to claim her they decide to keep her and call her Nell. Nell settles into the family so well that she forgets all about her previous life and is given a dreadful shock on her 21st birthday when her Father tells her the truth of how she was found. This bolt from the blue consequently changes the course of Nell's life and later she decides find out 'who she is'. Consequently her Granddaugher Cassandra takes up the search in 2005 after Nell's death and uncovers many secrets and stories some of which Nell had already come across on a secret visit to Cornwall in 1975. Ultimately this book is very much the story of several women, and everyone of them interesting, unique and anything but one-dimensional. There are also many other fully rounded characters on the side-lines of the story and you don't get the feeling that there's any padding involved to stretch out the story. Every chapter is not only essential but interesting and you feel like you're trying to put together a complex jig-saw puzzle along with our heroines. In a compliment to the author - I never once got confused with the story changing from person to person and different time-lines. It was very skillfully done.
I can't praise this book enough. I've never read The House at Riverton but will be taking it on holiday with me in a few weeks and I can't wait if it's anywhere near as good as this!
Rating: - Intriguing story from start to end.
What a fantastic book. I read it while on holiday in Cornwall so the Cornish theme was very real and I could imagine all the descriptions vividly. This was a great tale about a misplaced girl. It makes you think the whole time; "how would I have felt if I was that girl?", "who would lose their child?". It is not until two thirds of the way through that you start to make your own conclusions. But never knowing for sure what happened right until the end. It was very gripping and I could not put it down.
Rating:
- Very Very disappointing
I'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.
- My book of the summer!I bought this book based on several Amazon reviews and cannot praise it enough. I was slightly concerned reading the cover that it would be difficult to track the story flitting through so many generations but the book is so beautifully and charmingly written that not only is it easy to read but it is absolutely addictive and a real page turner. The contrast between the 1900's and modern day were wonderfully woven and I warmed to the characters instantly. It has everything you could want, family ties, love, pain, guilt, twists and turns and I guarantee you won't be able to put it down. This book sent shivers down my spine at the end and I'm now inspired to read Morton's first book.
Rating:
- summer read !The Forgotten Garden
I read The House at Riverton last summer and thought I would enjoy the next book by the same author.
This is such a trial to get into.
If you read quickly and have the time to sit and read at least 100 pages in one go you will be o.k but all the chopping and changing of time and place at the beginning nearly put me off.
The general story could have been more concise as one previous reviewer said you guess the ending 3/4 of the way through.
If you can buy it at a good price get it or better still go to the library!
Rating:
- Magic!I don't even know where to start in reviewing this book. I can't quite remember when a book drew me in and kept my attention for the duration of the novel like this one did. It was a long book but it was so engrossing I read it within a couple of days, I literally couldn't put it down. It was absolutely magical. Well done Kate Morton!
The story begins in 1913 with a very little girl who lands in Australia apparently without any history, even to the extent of not remembering her own name, only that a lady called 'the Authoress' is supposed to be looking after her and she has disappeared. She is taken in by the harbour master and his family and when no one comes forward to claim her they decide to keep her and call her Nell. Nell settles into the family so well that she forgets all about her previous life and is given a dreadful shock on her 21st birthday when her Father tells her the truth of how she was found. This bolt from the blue consequently changes the course of Nell's life and later she decides find out 'who she is'. Consequently her Granddaugher Cassandra takes up the search in 2005 after Nell's death and uncovers many secrets and stories some of which Nell had already come across on a secret visit to Cornwall in 1975. Ultimately this book is very much the story of several women, and everyone of them interesting, unique and anything but one-dimensional. There are also many other fully rounded characters on the side-lines of the story and you don't get the feeling that there's any padding involved to stretch out the story. Every chapter is not only essential but interesting and you feel like you're trying to put together a complex jig-saw puzzle along with our heroines. In a compliment to the author - I never once got confused with the story changing from person to person and different time-lines. It was very skillfully done.
I can't praise this book enough. I've never read The House at Riverton but will be taking it on holiday with me in a few weeks and I can't wait if it's anywhere near as good as this!
Rating:
- Intriguing story from start to end.What a fantastic book. I read it while on holiday in Cornwall so the Cornish theme was very real and I could imagine all the descriptions vividly. This was a great tale about a misplaced girl. It makes you think the whole time; "how would I have felt if I was that girl?", "who would lose their child?". It is not until two thirds of the way through that you start to make your own conclusions. But never knowing for sure what happened right until the end. It was very gripping and I could not put it down.
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.
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