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John Saalwaechter asked this question about The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1):
Can someone please explain the twist at the end involving Maya/Inara and Sophia?
Serenity Rodriguez *Contains Spoilers* With all honesty, this book is not worth the read. Yes the concept is very unique but it is very explicit and honestly at some poi…more*Contains Spoilers* With all honesty, this book is not worth the read. Yes the concept is very unique but it is very explicit and honestly at some points it seemed as though the author was fetishizing rape and attempts to make the audience feel sympathy and an understanding for the Gardener and his decisions. The most important part of any book is the ending, and this plot twist was absolutely awful. The idea that Sophia was the butterfly that had escaped years ago did not make sense at all. For starters, why did Sophia not go to the police when she had first escaped? Or even when The main character had been kidnapped leaving behind all her belongings, she could not have been that oblivious considering the restaurant had hosted a butterfly themed party requested by the gardener 2 weeks prior, and everyone working that night had been aware of creepy Averys behavior. Yes i know Sophia hadnt been working that night but she obviously stayed back because she had acknowledged the possibility and had the whole conversation with MC. If people working that night had mentioned the interaction between MC and avery to investigators this whole book shouldve ended there once they obtained information on the gardeners identity and his son from the night they had been to the restaurant. She claims her reasoning is due to the police viewing her as an addict just as her parents did, but she had been held captive for 2 years making it impossible for her to be considered an addict once she had escaped. She also states that she doesn’t remember the location, but she must have been aware of her surroundings at some degree. As well as she did not go to police in fear they would take away her UNBORN child and return the child too the Gardener because he is wealthy. But if that were the case, I highly doubt the police would return her unborn child to her alleged rapist and kidnapper. she could have easily figured out his identity, his home address and brought the police to his garden from which she had escaped from and prevent girls to continue to be kidnapped.(less)
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The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison
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