Reviews - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

Dominic Smith

3.79 AVERAGE

annabelphoel's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cordillia's review against another edition

2.0

ספר משעמם אשר לא ממריא לשום מקום ולא מעורר התלהבות או ציפיה וכל דמויותיו דלות ונבובות.
הכרחתי את עצמי לקרוא עד הסוף ובכל זאת לא הצלחתי להבין את פשר ההתרגשות הרבה סביב הספר הזה.
את הכוכב השני הענקתי לספר רק בזכות הפרק על קתריין והלוייתן (פרק 2?)- החלק היחיד בספר שנגיע לבי.

voyage_of_a_time_wanderer's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

dkalina's review against another edition

3.25

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nakedgreyhound's review against another edition

4.0

I loved the history lesson in the book. Beautifully written with exquisite language. The story is really about mistakes, regrets and righting your mistakes. My favorite theme of the story is that it is never too late to start again.

sogden888's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kelly04's review against another edition

4.0

I’m not in raptures with this title but I did enjoy reading it. From the description on my copy I expected something more dynamic and tense, but it's a subtle novel, introspective and blurred around the edges.

I have to say I find it curious that the blurbs and quotes on the cover of mine emphasize the suspense, mystery, and even the historical fiction aspects of the story. If your copy is similar, know that this is neither [b:Wolf Hall|7826803|Wolf Hall|Hilary Mantel|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402448033l/7826803._SX50_.jpg|6278354] nor [b:Maestra|27065431|Maestra (Maestra #1)|L.S. Hilton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449861347l/27065431._SY75_.jpg|45167603]; it's a quiet, lovely, character-driven literary novel.

Jumping between characters is the hook of the premise and I would say each makes the most of their page count but by design we are more checking in with these characters than settling in with them. On the whole, the characters all seem rather pensive but they do each create an impression: Sara of grief, Marty of vague amiability, and Ellie of restraint. Marty spends the novel just skirting the edges of being an obnoxious stereotype (personable but erratic New York elite) but I ended up liking him and his chapters overall.