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This is an interesting story about a plant shop owner. After having her own bad experiences with boys and men, she listens to and helps other women in bad, possibly abusive situations. This, while always friendly and ready to assist a customer or simply provide plant advice.

It is interesting seeing things from her perspective, and how she accomplishes her goals. In several ways, unfortunately, the story seemed incomplete. After a detective becomes fixated on her and looking for evidence of any wrong-doing, the story seems to end without resolving this.

This book isn't what it seems. When I first started reading, I was trying to get my head around the setting in Asia and the different villages, people and cultures. As the book went on, it became evident what was going on with the main character. Delightfully dark yet so innocent.

Yoohee has quit her office job and opened her very own Plant Shop. She is somewhat of a loner, - sweet, quiet,and caring. However, she also has another side, a secretive, dark side. In fact there is so much more to Yoohee than meets the eye. On one hand she's a lot like a female version of Dexter, while at the same time she's simply a girl that loves plants and finds peace among them. The story also gives off Little Shop of Horror vibes . All in all the book is a quick read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

It is hard to put into words how I feel about this book. On one hand I struggled with the main character's motive and disregard for the individuals harmed. On the other hand, I understand the hurt she endured throughout her life and why she chose the actions she did to help other women. I saw a review that they thought the author's writing seem detached and I completely agree. At times I felt that I was missing something as the story seemed to go in a different direction. It felt disjointed at various parts in the book to the point where I felt I had missed something and would go back and try to find what I missed. I struggled with the detective's actions and felt that he was just an additional character and not important to the story as he really didn't do much in the way to investigate Yoohee. Overall, it was a quick read but definitely not what I expected when I read about the book.

As a plant lover, the title of this novel drew me in immediately. After reading the first few pages, my attention was captured. The author expertly weaves plants alongside humans as central characters. I was surprised at how the author used plants to make a statement about society. Fair warning, this is not healing fiction or cozy fiction! I highly recommend this novel to fans of books with justice as a central theme.

This was a nice short read. I think it was an interesting premise but stylistically maybe not tense enough for me. It kept my interest, but definitely not in a can't put this down way. I don't regret reading it, but it didn't impress me either. If you like plants and cheering for morally grey characters, I'd recommend you give it a read. It was genuinely interesting how the plants were tied in.

I dove in to this book eager to discover what the Plant Lady was all about. As an avid gardener, I enjoyed learning about Yoohee's use of plants to exact revenge on men who had wronged her and other women. The story itself is quite clever. However, the characters and back story are not developed enough for me to generate any real emotion while reading this book.

Review of advance copy received from Netgalley.

When I read the synopsis of Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang, I was intrigued and looking forward to a humorous quirky read with a little horticulture on the side. While the seed for an entertaining read was there it never really bloomed into full grown novel. I needed more details of everything like Yoohee's back story, how she started her garden of men, her interactions with the women who needed aspects of their lives pruned, the actual planting & composting of "weeds".

The book read like a first draft that needed sunshine, watering & lots of fertilizer for it to really mature into a full-fledged novel.