A review by rachaeldulaney20
The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.75
2.75 stars.
I don’t know the beginning I felt like the transition between the past and present was unnecessary. There were a lot of characters with similar names and it’s hard to keep track of at times. Additionally you didn’t really get to know any of the characters that well either. I felt the story to be predictable. I feel like the story also contradicts with itself in the beginning and then towards the middle to the end based on what’s happened in the past and the character traits (if I remember correctly to be honest I just wasn’t is engaged as I would’ve liked to be). The vocabulary in this book too I don’t know I just feel like the choices for vocabulary were odd maybe it was just me maybe my mind wasn’t paying enough attention to what I was reading but I definitely feel like the author could’ve done a better job writing the book and made it more accessible and enjoyable how they use different words in more descriptive language.
I don’t know the beginning I felt like the transition between the past and present was unnecessary. There were a lot of characters with similar names and it’s hard to keep track of at times. Additionally you didn’t really get to know any of the characters that well either. I felt the story to be predictable. I feel like the story also contradicts with itself in the beginning and then towards the middle to the end based on what’s happened in the past and the character traits (if I remember correctly to be honest I just wasn’t is engaged as I would’ve liked to be). The vocabulary in this book too I don’t know I just feel like the choices for vocabulary were odd maybe it was just me maybe my mind wasn’t paying enough attention to what I was reading but I definitely feel like the author could’ve done a better job writing the book and made it more accessible and enjoyable how they use different words in more descriptive language.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape