I wanted to really love this, but I found it quite contrived and disjointed. Instead of the symbolism throughout Alice's life flowing organically and naturally through the prose, I felt as though the author was banging me over the head with it. "Look here! This flower means this! And this is happening to Alice! Gasp!" It's not bad at all, and I'm sure many readers will love it, but the over flowery (pun!!) writing and plot is not really my thing.