A serial killer called the Gardener captures young women, tattoos intricately detailed butterfly wings on their backs, gives them new names, keeps them in a secluded, secured location with a lovely garden and their own personal rooms. He clothes them, feeds them, rapes them and on their 21st birthda...
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison My rating: 4 of 5 stars He's accurately named the "Gardener", as in his possession is a most enchanting garden, with its own collection of delicate butterflies. He cares for them; feeds them, grooms them, even mourns them when they perish, but he's also the reas...
I just couldn’t do it. This novel made no sense to me so after 98 pages, I gave up. What frustrated me the most as I read was why no one revolted or tried to leave, it was as if they enjoyed being held captive. This would be all fine and dandy but why make it sound all horrible once they are finally...
I was intrigued by the initial concept of this book but I wasn’t all that into it. It was okay, but there were too many things that didn’t work for me, although I may have trouble articulating all of them. The premise is that the FBI has caught up with a serial killer who has been imprisoning girl...
It's 20 minutes past 3 in the morning and I had just finished The Butterfly Garden and I had to because it is really a page-turner. I can't help myself but to finish the book because what was done to make me find out more, it is thanks to Dot Hutchison for doing a fine job in making a reader out of ...
I was truly enjoying this one until the “twist” at the end and then I was left scratching my head. *Major Book Ruining Spoiler Alert* Sophia was a captive in the fucking garden, escaped, and didn’t tell anybody about it except for Maya, so Maya knew about the garden before she was taken?!?! WTF!! N...
The Gardener has a beautiful garden filled with pretty flowers, shady trees and a collection of butterflies. But these are no ordinary butterflies, these are young women who have been kidnapped, renamed and tattooed with very detailed wings to resemble the different types of butterflies. And like bu...
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** One-sentence summary: A Hamlet retelling, from Ophelia's point of view, delving beautifully into her fragile mind, with only a few debut hiccups along the way. Carolrhoda Lab shoutout. I've so far enjoyed every Carolrhoda Lab book I've r...
This book…I had a love-hate relationship with it, before finally giving into to the drop-dead gorgeous writing style. I was suckered in by the cover immediately, and fell in love with the words from the first page. I didn’t even enjoy Hamlet all that much, but for some reason, Hamlet retellings are ...
Dot Hutchison gives reader’s an enthralling new look at the classic Hamlet with an invigorating twist in her new novel A Wounded Name. Told this time throw the eyes of Ophelia, Hutchison is able to captivate the reader’s with a different view of the madness of Hamlet, or in the case of this novel, D...
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