Reviews

A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers by Hazel Gaynor

rr_author's review

I enjoyed the story and characters, but there was a creepy/weird ghost aspect which I didn't like!

annegirl's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

amymarchlawrence's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

annalena2422's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

catherineamerica's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

ckshaw13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cahlacarla's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

bethsponz's review

4.0

I've been eyeing this book for many months and finally got to it on my never-ending to read list. I found it a fascinating look into the turn of the century London, the slums and all. It went back in forth in storytelling of about 30 years looking at the lives of 3 girls who were linked by a profession and environment of young, crippled girls selling flowers. The saving of the orphans by way of taking them in and letting them do something useful was life-changing, and I liked how the author took this piece of history to make this a worthy story to tell.

eletricjb's review

2.0

This was vaguely pleasant, I guess. Kind of clumsily done--and a bit cheesy--but I didn't hate it.

jerigayle's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0