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A review by katiedermody
The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell
This was yet another book full of hard topics but the right amount of mystery to keep me captivated. I love when books start with a big event without revealing everything about it and then backtrack to explain the story and unravel the mystery. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng did that, and so does this book. This is the story of a family who moves into a London neighborhood where all the apartments and houses open up into a gated communal park. Here, the mother and daughters discover that the seemingly safe place is actually full of secrets and danger. I enjoyed the story but the ending frustrated me even though it was probably true to life more than I'd like to think. I usually like stories with ambiguous endings and don't wrap up neatly; however, this story reveals everything but doesn't wrap up neatly because of the characters. Not sure that makes sense, but I don't want to give it away.