Un libro con una historia maravillosa y muy emotiva, sobre la vida de dos chicas intercambiadas al nacer y como todo a su alrededor se alínea para enlazar sus vidas a medidas que van creciendo. ( )

Gave it up 25% in. Completely sophomoric. Not counting this as a read, but happy to waste no more time on it than I already have. ( )

Hang on to your hats! There is enough plot in here for several books. I don't require that much action to enjoy a book, but the storytelling in Garden of Lies is so masterful that it works effortlessly. Is this a romance? I suppose it is--that's how it was sold--but it is much more than that. It's a story full of life, joy and sorrow, with characters in 3-D, thrown into complex situations. There's a reason this one hit the NYT Bestsellers list and stayed there. Read it and enjoy! ( )

I was in junior high and on my way to a week long camp when I realized I hadn't packed a book to read. On a whim I picked up this one (then a current bestseller) at a convenience store en route and read it. I remember thinking it was especially titillating and felt like a sneak reading it. I had been thinking for years that it would be interesting to re-read it and see what I thought of it now, 20 years later. Would it be as thrilling? Or would it be trashy drivel? I could barely remember anything about the plot, though bits and bobs came back to me as I read.As expected it wasn't as steamy as I had remembered, though I can see how it would seem that way to someone of that age. I'm kind of surprised I got through it at such a young age. It deals with some really heavy stuff that I'm pretty certain was way over my head. No doubt I got much more out of this reading of it than I did then. It is a fantastically put together book. Each of the three main women pulled at my heartstrings. There were points when I wanted to knock everyone's heads together and tell them to stop with the lies. It is a aptly named book!I almost can't believe Goudge managed put extra marital affairs, babies switched at birth, the Vietnam war, orphaned children raised by an extra Catholic grandmother, doctors, lawyers, abortion, long-lost lovers, weddings, divorces, infertility and tons of other issues all into one story without it feeling overdone and crazy. It was actually just crazy enough to be believable. It probably also helped that it kind of spanned two generations. All of that didn't happen in just a few short years.Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this book. I'm very glad I did. I hadn't ever known there was a second book with these characters until I got to the end of this Kindle edition and read the author bio. I will most certainly be reading that soon! ( )

Borrowing the Roger Ebert template of judging art on the basis of what it's trying to achieve, this escapist romp does a decent job. ( )