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A review by cinta
The Art of Arranging Flowers by Lynne Branard
3.0
I got a free copy of this book from Penguin Books as part of their First to Read program.
I have to say that I was suffering from a really bad case of insomnia and this book made my problem disappear. I would read a chapter every night. Just one, because I was already sleeping before I could start a second one. I didn't start kind of liking this book until it was almost finished.
I found the book boring and repetitive, and I think the flowers had much more prominence than the characters, when it should have been the other way round. The story is predictable, the characters are kind of flat, and they all had pretty much the same voice. I know the protagonist is a florist, but she doesn't need to talk about flowers in every single conversation, and the fact that she changes lives with her arrangements made me roll my eyes big time.
As I said, I only enjoyed the final part of the book, because the writing improved quite a lot the moment the author stopped mentioning all the flower names she could find in Google, and when finally we the readers could see the sense of community the author had been trying to convey from the beginning, although I didn't see it at first.
Not the kind of book I would like to read. I only recommend it if you like flowers or if you want a remedy for insomnia.
I have to say that I was suffering from a really bad case of insomnia and this book made my problem disappear. I would read a chapter every night. Just one, because I was already sleeping before I could start a second one. I didn't start kind of liking this book until it was almost finished.
I found the book boring and repetitive, and I think the flowers had much more prominence than the characters, when it should have been the other way round. The story is predictable, the characters are kind of flat, and they all had pretty much the same voice. I know the protagonist is a florist, but she doesn't need to talk about flowers in every single conversation, and the fact that she changes lives with her arrangements made me roll my eyes big time.
As I said, I only enjoyed the final part of the book, because the writing improved quite a lot the moment the author stopped mentioning all the flower names she could find in Google, and when finally we the readers could see the sense of community the author had been trying to convey from the beginning, although I didn't see it at first.
Not the kind of book I would like to read. I only recommend it if you like flowers or if you want a remedy for insomnia.