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Book Review of Black Flowers

Black Flowers
Linda avatar reviewed on + 770 more book reviews


I think I read this one in record time. Storyline is full of discoveries, coincidences, lies, and very human emotions.

There are two elderly men who have a tenuous thread between them ... a book about a little girl who appears out of nowhere with a horrible story of where she's been and a blackflower, who the girl says is her friend, Jane.

This story could be true ... or the product of a vivid imagination. Two people are looking for the truth ... trying to figure out who they are and how they got to where they are.

It's a journey filled with doubts. What would you do if you found out your father was a serial killer long after he was dead? What if you found out someone is still alive who should be dead ... and another who should be dead that isn't?

The book bounces back forth in time (30 years) but its done in a way that is not confusing. I had fun trying to take the strands and figure out exactly what had happened in the past and changed the future. And the ending wasn't anything I saw coming.

I gave it 5 stars ..... and I think I have another favorite author.