tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117139985142424311.post4246611910853132680..comments2023-05-21T10:06:31.444+01:00Comments on Life is a collection of Creations: Book Review #12 - The forgotten gardenEsmeraldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370622161674539049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3117139985142424311.post-76169386111877567152013-06-12T16:56:46.207+01:002013-06-12T16:56:46.207+01:00I loved this book. I think the plot reflected life...I loved this book. I think the plot reflected life...it takes along time to make sense of our past, and sometimes we die without knowing. Along the way, we form relationships and misshapen theories about what where our life came from and what it means. <br /><br />There was only one thing that I felt could have been expounded more, and that was the nature of the relationship between Eliza and Nathaniel. They seemed as if they became good friends, found in each other a soul mate, and were intimate. I find it difficult to believe that they stayed apart for four years afterwards, even thought they were neighbors and each were unhappy and empty. At the very least, I feel as if Kate should have alluded to the difficulties they must have had not thinking about each other and being with each other.<br /><br />However, I really liked that Kate didn't turn it into an adulterous relationship where both parties feel as if their life is tragically incomplete without each other. Instead, Kate wisely let us know that Nathaniel and Eliza felt incomplete because of other things in their lives--Nathaniel couldn't make a break with his mother in law, and Eliza could not forgive herself for giving up her child.<br /> <br />Also, I really thought that Linus was going to play into the plot more. Kate always seemed on the verge of revealing that he has incestuous relations with his sister, niece, or daughter...but that never came up, and we did not even really get a glimpse into his reaction on the death of Eliza or the disappearance of Ivory. <br /><br />And one more thing--does anybody know if Cassandra ever figured out that Nathaniel was Nell's father?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764840355822611456noreply@blogger.com