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Il giardiniere by Natasha Preston

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meganemarshall's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was just mediocre. It wasn't good, but it wasn't bad. The bad guy and his reasonings were such a cliche. However, it's a cliche for a reason. I just wish that Preston had done something different or more original.

I didn't really like the FMC Summer. She was really judgmental about other girls and how they chose to deal with this situation. She was pretty useless, either crying or thinking about Lewis.

I liked that we got Clover's POV, but it would have been better if we got more of him with his mother and what caused him to do this. It was explained, but I would have liked to see more flashback moments.

The ending was pretty bland. This would have been a perfect opportunity to end on Clover's POV about trying to escape. Or a flash future moment where Summer reads a newspaper article where he does escape. Just something more thrilling instead of boring.

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meaghankmc's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Some important plot points were brushed over and the book got repetitive at times which was a little boring, but overall I was rooting for Summer and the other girls.

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dianavas500's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wish I could give more thoughts, but I read it a long time ago and when i was like 16. I just remember flying through the book, enjoying reading it, and realizing its a bit crazy. It started on wattpad and at that age I loved wattpad so my taste was not great.

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anjh's review against another edition

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i felt so uncomfortable and dirty reading this, as if i was there with the girls. Clover is completely utterly revolting and disgusting and everything he thinks and says just shows how sick of a person he is. the book was so gripping but i just didn’t want to subject myself to the harm of continuing

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arianna21's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

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harperlikesreading's review against another edition

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5.0

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kataya09's review against another edition

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1.0

Yeah. I hated this book. Idk if it was the writing, the content, how things went down, etc. I was going to put it down multiple times but that’s my toxic trait, I don’t DNF. I just switched to the audio. That’s the only reason I finished. This was clear not edited well and I’m pretty sure this could have just been taken directly from her wattpad.

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