Reviews - The Magnolia Palace

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The Magnolia Palace

Fiona Davis

3.79 AVERAGE

swinans's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

theshelvesofschae's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-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

I enjoyed this much more than I initially thought that I would! Really well-researched with the art history,

aleighc's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

supesinschool's review against another edition

4.0

I grew up in New York City and I am a sucker for stories from the Gilded Age. I loved the slightly different perspective from one of the working staff and then an up and coming model in the future. I appreciated the details but it's hard to visualize all the art from just words. I did not realize that the Frick collection was a real place in New York. If I had known, and I had an association with the works within that collection, I would have appreciated this story even more. However, I think the author did a fantastic job of slightly tweaking history and combining the stories of multiple real people into one amazing story.

sara_kathryn's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed learning about the Frick family and the real life artists model from the 1910s. But the dialogue was appalling at times and there were character and story line decisions that made little sense