The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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Murphym
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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
“The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it has been more useful in communicating feelings like grief, mistrust and solitude.”
I ran out of books one weekend, whist sitting in my recently decorated garden on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea. I started to panic since my boyfriend was out and I hadn’t a car. And so, I walked more than a mile to the nearest Asda to buy this book.
The Language of Flowers was wonderfully written and serenely pleasant. It had a stroke of sorrow but a lot of hope. I believe this was absolutely worth the hike!
I appreciated the major character, I felt countless emotions for her and for what she was undertaking and immediately felt the want to assist. I established Victoria (the major character) initially to have a strong will but as the tale went on, I realised how delicate she really was. I found the meaning of all the flowers and the entire notion truly fascinating, it really had me thinking on what flowers I was buying when going the local garden centre and I kept texting my boyfriend to inform him what flowers meant what, I even got a pleasant bunch of pink roses from him. As the book went on, I got further and further drawn into it and didn’t desire to put it down as if I did; I felt I would drop some of its charm. There were some twists in the story that were fairly unforeseen and gave an edge to the book which made the tale even deeper. Throughout the story, I urged the major character to formulate the correct choices and felt fear and anxiety when she didn’t. I appreciated how the book finished and how it made me believe and I was astonished to discover the flower dictionary at the rear of the book too, great touch.
I have decided that I myself am going to look further into what the meaning of flowers are and will be extra alert when buying them in the future. I bought cyclamen and violas to place in the grounds this autumn so I’ve already looked these up to see what they signify. The Language of Flowers was such a profound, gorgeous, delightful and exhilarating hardback and I absolutely commend it!
I ran out of books one weekend, whist sitting in my recently decorated garden on a Sunday morning with a cup of tea. I started to panic since my boyfriend was out and I hadn’t a car. And so, I walked more than a mile to the nearest Asda to buy this book.
The Language of Flowers was wonderfully written and serenely pleasant. It had a stroke of sorrow but a lot of hope. I believe this was absolutely worth the hike!
I appreciated the major character, I felt countless emotions for her and for what she was undertaking and immediately felt the want to assist. I established Victoria (the major character) initially to have a strong will but as the tale went on, I realised how delicate she really was. I found the meaning of all the flowers and the entire notion truly fascinating, it really had me thinking on what flowers I was buying when going the local garden centre and I kept texting my boyfriend to inform him what flowers meant what, I even got a pleasant bunch of pink roses from him. As the book went on, I got further and further drawn into it and didn’t desire to put it down as if I did; I felt I would drop some of its charm. There were some twists in the story that were fairly unforeseen and gave an edge to the book which made the tale even deeper. Throughout the story, I urged the major character to formulate the correct choices and felt fear and anxiety when she didn’t. I appreciated how the book finished and how it made me believe and I was astonished to discover the flower dictionary at the rear of the book too, great touch.
I have decided that I myself am going to look further into what the meaning of flowers are and will be extra alert when buying them in the future. I bought cyclamen and violas to place in the grounds this autumn so I’ve already looked these up to see what they signify. The Language of Flowers was such a profound, gorgeous, delightful and exhilarating hardback and I absolutely commend it!
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Mrsjackiefann
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I read the "The Language of Flowers" with my book club last month. I was very surprised at how much I truly loved this book. The characters are easy to connect with, and each tug at your heart strings at one point or another throughout the story. Victoria the main character has you from the beginning. There were times I wanted to yell at her, to hug her and to watch her in action with the floral arrangements. Her tale of being homeless and sleeping in a park to finding such success and coming into her own at the floral shop is touching. I really connected with her and felt so bad for Grant at times, wanting so much for Victoria to feel the same for him as he did for her. Overall I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to a friend!
