The language of flowers

BethOwl 📚✍🏻🦉🇺🇦🌈 reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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4 stars

Thanks to my sister for recommending and sending this to me. We both share a deep love for flowers and old-fashioned ways, while still living in the tough modern world.

I could totally relate to the main character, and the suspense was pretty intense at times. The hardship she suffered through was very believable, having lived on the streets at one time myself.

But I loved the characters, and that the darkness that shadowed the plot became a highlight for the real beauty and hope. A very satisfying read.

Strakul reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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2 stars

I don't think this book was for me, but I tried to get what I could out of it. I enjoyed the first part, as the character struggles to find her place in the world. This is diminished on the middle parts where it turns to an unoriginal love story. The last part redeems the book as the main character finds herself again, but it was too little, too late. Maybe other people can enjoy her struggle with romance, pregnancy, and motherhood, but it wasn't what I was looking for.
I did enjoy the language she attributes to flowers and, while whenever I have plants they tend to die quickly (apparently they constantly need to be watered, except when they don't), it is cool to think you could be sending a secret message with your choice of plants.

A full review can be found on my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-review-language-of-flowers-by.html

Sandra reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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1 star

I was a floral designer IRL. That's all I'll say.

AliCorbin reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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2 stars

Maybe a bit too obvious in showing the cycle of neglect. And in parents abandoning their children because, you know, it really was best for them. In that regard it resembled The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. But the writing wasn't nearly so good.

DainyBernstein reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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5 stars

Full review on Reader's Dialogue: readersdialogue.blogspot.com/2011/11/language-of-flowers.html

The Language of Flowers is a really strong debut for Vanessa Diffenbaugh. She portrays the ache and pain of a young woman's self-discovery and acceptance with grace and empathy - and her craft and style of writing doesn't hurt either! I liked the alternating chapters of the present with Victoria's most important foster family situation. It's a good contrast between the unbridled emotion of the younger Victoria with the reined-in, tight-lipped present-day Victoria.

The tone of the book is interesting. It has a simple, seemingly apathetic, matter-of-fact description of events, but there's also a depth and complexity of emotion and story. And there are so many layers to explore in order to get to the real Victoria, under the imposed concealments and her own resistance to any form of real expression.

All the characters in the story (with perhaps the exception of …

Full review on Reader's Dialogue: readersdialogue.blogspot.com/2011/11/language-of-flowers.html

The Language of Flowers is a really strong debut for Vanessa Diffenbaugh. She portrays the ache and pain of a young woman's self-discovery and acceptance with grace and empathy - and her craft and style of writing doesn't hurt either! I liked the alternating chapters of the present with Victoria's most important foster family situation. It's a good contrast between the unbridled emotion of the younger Victoria with the reined-in, tight-lipped present-day Victoria.

The tone of the book is interesting. It has a simple, seemingly apathetic, matter-of-fact description of events, but there's also a depth and complexity of emotion and story. And there are so many layers to explore in order to get to the real Victoria, under the imposed concealments and her own resistance to any form of real expression.

All the characters in the story (with perhaps the exception of Meredith, the case worker who basically abandons Victoria) are likable in their own way, and I loved how each one helps Victoria bloom through his or her own personality.

I'd give this book more than five stars - it's real and raw and completely touching.

Coleysscrollies reviewed The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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5 stars

Wow. There are a few people I want to give this book to. This book is surely a fantasy to many people just starting out in adult life. It would in fact be dreams come true for me had I ever been in Victoria's situation. It is a poignant story showing how we can never run away from our problems. Nor can we move forward without taking delicate care of our past and present. In this case in the language of flowers.