Maya is also mysterious and has a tendency of talking around in circles, which makes sense as recounting the horrors she and the other Butterflies have been through must be traumatizing, even with her exceptional ability to compartmentalize and detach herself. Even if you can’t imagine how it’s like being in the shoes of the Butterflies due to how detached Maya can be, you’ll still find the details chilling. The Butterfly Garden is not an emotional read as Maya is very good at compartmentalizing and detaching herself from reality. This book alternates between the present where Maya, one of the abducted girls is being questioned by FBI agents in order to uncover the truth behind The Garden, The Gardener and his Butterflies, and the past where Maya recounts the events of her captivity in the Garden. Perhaps loosely inspired by John Fowles’s The Collector, Dot Hutchison’s The Butterfly Garden shares similar elements such as the linking of young girls as butterflies and a man who collects them. 3 Things About This Book : Man keeps girls as butterflies | Friendship among those in captivity | Fast-paced read |
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