The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams (ebook)
OVERVIEW
This is the second book and sophomore novel by Sara Nisha Adams. It was just a lovely book and what I needed after a few tough reads.
This sweet novel has two timelines with many intersecting characters. This book is about friendship and family and has two timelines: (1972 to 1992)/2018-2019).Writing: 4.5 stars
Sara Nisha Adams writes beautifully with the appropriate descriptive amounts without being overly precious. Due to her lovely writing, I can picture the two houses and the garden from the novel. Perfectly done.
One suggestion would be to have a glossary of terms as I wasn't familiar with all of the Indian terms and was unable to find definitions for some of them.
Character development: 4.0 stars
The main characters in the first (1972 to 1992) timeline are Maya and Alma. For the second timeline (2018-2019), the main characters are Winston and Bernice. I loved how all of the characters developed so wonderfully throughout the book.
The secondary characters for the first timeline are Prem (Maya's husband), Bina (Maya's sister), Hiral (Maya's daughter), and Kate (Alma's niece). For the second timeline, the secondary characters are Lewis (Winston's partner), Sal/Angela (owners of the shop where Winston works), Simon (Bernice's ex-husband), and Seb (Bernice's son).
The tertiary characters are the assorted supporting characters in both timelines and the shared garden.
My issue with the character development was the large amount of tertiary characters. It was hard to keep track of them and understand while reading how they fit into the story.
Storyline: 4.0 stars
The storyline is two timelines where two houses share a garden. Through thick and thin, both groups in each house during each timeline become friends and then ultimately family.
The main location was London, England.
Memorable/Informative: 4.0 stars
It was interesting to learn how much the community revolved around this garden. How a garden can make a real community even in a huge city like London.
Also, I had no idea that foxes were so common in London. I would guess that they are comparable to our urban coyotes!
Book cover: 4.5 stars
Pretty!!
Book title: 5.0 stars
Great choice!
DEFINITE recommend
BOOK INFORMATION
Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) borrow (ebook)
The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
389 pages
William Morrow
Release date of 4/25/2023
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
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