A review by jessthebookworm
The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley
3.0
2.5 stars.
Posy is nearing 70 years old and lives in her old family home, Admiral House in the Suffolk countryside. Her memories of her beloved childhood home centre mostly around her time with her father before he passed away, and how they used to study butterflies together.
The story alternates between Posy in her 70s, and her relationships with her two sons, and extended family, and when Posy was younger, her relationship with her own parents and past lovers. It turns out that everyone has secrets, and perhaps Posy doesn't always quite remember everything the way it really was. Posy will need to dig deep to reassess her life and her beliefs as she unearths Admiral House's deep hidden past.
This wasn't the best book I have read by this author. The basis of the story was good, if not almost completely predictable, but the characters themselves were quite shallowly drawn. The dialogue was also atrociously stilted. But it was an easy read.
Posy is nearing 70 years old and lives in her old family home, Admiral House in the Suffolk countryside. Her memories of her beloved childhood home centre mostly around her time with her father before he passed away, and how they used to study butterflies together.
The story alternates between Posy in her 70s, and her relationships with her two sons, and extended family, and when Posy was younger, her relationship with her own parents and past lovers. It turns out that everyone has secrets, and perhaps Posy doesn't always quite remember everything the way it really was. Posy will need to dig deep to reassess her life and her beliefs as she unearths Admiral House's deep hidden past.
This wasn't the best book I have read by this author. The basis of the story was good, if not almost completely predictable, but the characters themselves were quite shallowly drawn. The dialogue was also atrociously stilted. But it was an easy read.