From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I enjoyed this book. It has that fairy tale feel at times, and it just softly sweeps you away. I'd have liked to have seen more development with Cassandra, to see what happened to her - maybe the author's planning a sequel. My first Morton and won't be my last. Her writing is at times very beautiful.
...more
The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton
Not quite a mystery, a saga, a love story, or historical fiction. This novel by australian writer Kate Morton, departs from 1913, and intercalates narratives dated 1975 and 2005. It tells the story of a 4 year old girl abandoned in a ship en route to Australia, who was rescued and raised by the dock-master, who named her Nell. Upon reaching her 21st birthday, he reveals for the first time her true origin and far from being of help to her, it caused damage to her em ...more
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
click here.
May 11, 2010
Tanya
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2010,
op-book-club-reads-2010-2014
I agree with the reviewers that stated this is a book to be read in long chunks of time rather than small segments here and there or you won't appreciate the characters as much and may be confused. That's how it was in the beginning for me.
I liked the inclusion of the fairy tales by the Authoress throughout the book and while it was easy to figure out who was involved with the mini-mysteries throughout, it was still interesting to understand why they had chosen the actions and paths they did. ...more
I liked the inclusion of the fairy tales by the Authoress throughout the book and while it was easy to figure out who was involved with the mini-mysteries throughout, it was still interesting to understand why they had chosen the actions and paths they did. ...more
Not a good choice for an audio read. The book takes place in 1905, 1975 and 2005. Each chapter provides clues to a mystery which happened in 1905 and is not entirely resolved until 2005. There are an enormous number of characters and many times I wished I could return to a previous chapter and reread something. The book keeps jumping between time periods and each chapter reveals another clue. The audio version makes it hard to reread parts.
Still the author has a clever idea and I did want to rea ...more
Still the author has a clever idea and I did want to rea ...more
Beautifully written, quite enjoyable. I loved the mystery, but I had solved the mystery quite early in the book. :)
Oct 27, 2011
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Jan 31, 2013
Terri
marked it as retro-chapter
Feb 12, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
Aug 19, 2013
Susan Pogorzelski
marked it as to-read
Aug 29, 2013
Anika
marked it as to-read
Aug 31, 2014
Melanie Knight
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
new-favourites
Feb 24, 2015
Isabelle
added it
