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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
Titel: Die Launenhaftigkeit der Liebe
Autor: Hannah Rothschild
Verlag: Penguin
Sprache: Deutsch
Seiten: 512 Seiten ∞ TB
Preis: D ∞ 15,00€ A ∞ €
Genre: Liebe ∞ Krimi ∞ Historisch ∞ Geschichte
Reihe: Nein
Annie ist auf der Suche nach einem Geschenk. In einem Londoner Trödelladen kauft die junge Köchin ein verstaubtes Gemälde für ihren neuen Freund und wird dann doch abends von ihm sitzen gelassen. Das unscheinbare Bild aber bleibt und stellt ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf, denn es scheint viel mehr wert zu sein, als sie ursprünglich dachte. Schon bald sind schwerreiche russische Oligarchen, die Gattin eines Ölscheichs und ein Gangster-Rapper hinter Annies Zufallsfund her. Als die junge Frau auch noch ins Visier einer skrupellosen Kunsthändlerfamilie gerät, scheint sie alles zu verlieren – und findet ganz unerwartet eine neue Liebe …
Meine Meinung:
Ich hab den Klappentext gelesen und dachte mir sofort: Dieses Buch muss ich lesen!
Kunst, London, liebe und einen hauch Krimi? Ja, dass klingt genau nach einen Buch das mir gefallen könnte. Und JA! Es war einfach nur wunderschön.
Der Einstieg in das Buch fiel mir sehr leicht, ich hab zwar länger gebraucht um in meinen Lesefluss zu finden, doch gefesselt hat mich das Buch ab der ersten Seite.
Der Schreibstil der Autorin ist wirklich flüssig, charmant und interessant. Daher fliegen die Seiten des Buches nur so, und man kommt schnell voran. Manchmal kommt es einem doch sehr "Hochgestochen" bzw. sehr "intellektuell" daher, aber die Autorin hat es doch geschafft das mir ihr erzähl und Schreibstil Sympathisch war und nicht zu künstlich oder übertrieben wirkte.
Nach dem doch sehr spannenden Prolog, in dem bereits sehr viele Namen fallen (womit ich mir ab und an schwer tue, ohne Hintergrundwissen) geht die Story dann bei "ein halbes Jahr zuvor" weiter. Das hat mir doch auch sehr gut gefallen, weil durch den Prolog das Buch sehr schnell an fahrt aufgenommen hat, ohne uns aber zu erschlagen, und danach dann "entspannt" die Geschichte weiter zu erleben.
Eins nur vorweg, weil ich danach bereits gegoogelt hatte : "Die Launenhaftigkeit der Liebe" ist ein Fiktives Bild :) Ich hoffe ich erspare euch allen die sich nicht so mit Kunst auskennen einen Google Besuch :D
Für mich hätte es zwar etwas mehr Liebe, Romantik und Leidenschaft beinhalten können, aber da das Buch ja gar nicht darauf ausgelegt ist und es trotz allem wirklich toll ist, tut dies meiner Bewertung keinen Abbruch.
Ein sehr geschmackvolles Cover das mir sofort ins Auge fiel.
Fazit:
Wirklich wunderschön erzählt, eine tolle Mischung aus Liebe und Krimi. Ein Buch das ich sehr gern gelesen habe und was mir schöne Lesestunden bereitet hat.
Daher gibts von mir 5 von 5 Masken
Autor: Hannah Rothschild
Verlag: Penguin
Sprache: Deutsch
Seiten: 512 Seiten ∞ TB
Preis: D ∞ 15,00€ A ∞ €
Genre: Liebe ∞ Krimi ∞ Historisch ∞ Geschichte
Reihe: Nein
Annie ist auf der Suche nach einem Geschenk. In einem Londoner Trödelladen kauft die junge Köchin ein verstaubtes Gemälde für ihren neuen Freund und wird dann doch abends von ihm sitzen gelassen. Das unscheinbare Bild aber bleibt und stellt ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf, denn es scheint viel mehr wert zu sein, als sie ursprünglich dachte. Schon bald sind schwerreiche russische Oligarchen, die Gattin eines Ölscheichs und ein Gangster-Rapper hinter Annies Zufallsfund her. Als die junge Frau auch noch ins Visier einer skrupellosen Kunsthändlerfamilie gerät, scheint sie alles zu verlieren – und findet ganz unerwartet eine neue Liebe …
Meine Meinung:
Ich hab den Klappentext gelesen und dachte mir sofort: Dieses Buch muss ich lesen!
Kunst, London, liebe und einen hauch Krimi? Ja, dass klingt genau nach einen Buch das mir gefallen könnte. Und JA! Es war einfach nur wunderschön.
Der Einstieg in das Buch fiel mir sehr leicht, ich hab zwar länger gebraucht um in meinen Lesefluss zu finden, doch gefesselt hat mich das Buch ab der ersten Seite.
Der Schreibstil der Autorin ist wirklich flüssig, charmant und interessant. Daher fliegen die Seiten des Buches nur so, und man kommt schnell voran. Manchmal kommt es einem doch sehr "Hochgestochen" bzw. sehr "intellektuell" daher, aber die Autorin hat es doch geschafft das mir ihr erzähl und Schreibstil Sympathisch war und nicht zu künstlich oder übertrieben wirkte.
Nach dem doch sehr spannenden Prolog, in dem bereits sehr viele Namen fallen (womit ich mir ab und an schwer tue, ohne Hintergrundwissen) geht die Story dann bei "ein halbes Jahr zuvor" weiter. Das hat mir doch auch sehr gut gefallen, weil durch den Prolog das Buch sehr schnell an fahrt aufgenommen hat, ohne uns aber zu erschlagen, und danach dann "entspannt" die Geschichte weiter zu erleben.
Eins nur vorweg, weil ich danach bereits gegoogelt hatte : "Die Launenhaftigkeit der Liebe" ist ein Fiktives Bild :) Ich hoffe ich erspare euch allen die sich nicht so mit Kunst auskennen einen Google Besuch :D
Für mich hätte es zwar etwas mehr Liebe, Romantik und Leidenschaft beinhalten können, aber da das Buch ja gar nicht darauf ausgelegt ist und es trotz allem wirklich toll ist, tut dies meiner Bewertung keinen Abbruch.
Ein sehr geschmackvolles Cover das mir sofort ins Auge fiel.
Fazit:
Wirklich wunderschön erzählt, eine tolle Mischung aus Liebe und Krimi. Ein Buch das ich sehr gern gelesen habe und was mir schöne Lesestunden bereitet hat.
Daher gibts von mir 5 von 5 Masken
A fun red
This book was fun, even for someone who knows nothing about the art world. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a light read that will grip you from start to finish. I love that bits are told from the perspective of the painting. Lovely!
This book was fun, even for someone who knows nothing about the art world. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a light read that will grip you from start to finish. I love that bits are told from the perspective of the painting. Lovely!
Annie McDee, thirty-one and recovering from the end of a long-term relationship, is chef for two sinister art dealers. She's just spent her meager savings on a dusty junk-shop painting for her new, unsuitable, boyfriend. But when he doesn't show up for his birthday dinner, it becomes hers. And amazingly, the painting speaks--though only we hear "him." Shrewd, spoiled, charming, world weary, and cynical, he comments, from his unique perspective, on Annie and the modern world, but he also recounts tales of his previous owners: Louis XV, Voltaire, and Catherine the Great, among them. Once it becomes known that Annie has the painting--whose provenance involves the Nazis--she finds herself at the center of a frantic, and sometimes fiendish, scramble among dealers, collectors, and other highly interested parties, for its ownership. It's a dazzlingly irreverent and entertaining many-layered tale of a devious world where, however improbably, love will triumph.
This had a lot of amusing parts but quite a lot of boring parts too. The premise is interesting but there were just too many players, some of whom seemed largely irrelevant.
This had a lot of amusing parts but quite a lot of boring parts too. The premise is interesting but there were just too many players, some of whom seemed largely irrelevant.
This was a bit of a deep cut and a little outside my reading comfort zone, but I really liked it — Rothschild's debut novel (published Nov. 2015) is the story of an über-valuable lost painting (said painting sometimes narrates its own story at times, which, you just kind of have to deal with) and how an early-30s London woman who has been jilted by her husband finds it in a junk shop, not realizing what she's purchased. Things go a little crazy from there. The novel's been billed as a sort of satire of the uppity art world, and it certainly is that — it's often really funny. But it also has elements of art-world thriller, as well as some serious meditations on the meaning and value of art and its ability to inspire.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Dear god no.
The blurb made this sound funny but thoughtful with some examination of the ridiculous art world and the reality of falling in love with someone who isn’t your “type”.
In reality this was overwritten, had a Jilly Cooper essence to it which I can’t stand, and probably is only funny to people who have a trust fund. When I hit chapter 2 and suddenly the story came from the perspective of the painting that should have been the warning that this was gonna wildly off the rails in the most dull way possible.
Save your time, save your money, skip this one
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was gifted this book a couple of years ago. I started reading it but couldn't quite get into it. Maybe that was a sign?
I picked it up again recently and came across the same issues as before - way too many characters, none of whom we get a real sense of, other than Annie, who still feels quite caricature-ish and two-dimensional. The twist is quite shocking and I feel that the villain doesn't get quite the comeuppance they deserve. The author writes well but the jumping between genres was difficult to engage with - is this is a book that tells all about the world of buying and selling highly valuable pieces of art, is it a romance, is it a mystery, is it crime drama? The author clearly knows a lot about the art world and could argue that all of those genres/categorisations were necessary for this story. I learnt a lot about how art is valued in modern times and how much work goes into restoring and looking after art made by the old masters.
Oh, and the main painting narrates too. It kind of worked but in the audio book version I sometimes listened to, it was a bit strange to listen to the painting narrate its own history.
I picked it up again recently and came across the same issues as before - way too many characters, none of whom we get a real sense of, other than Annie, who still feels quite caricature-ish and two-dimensional. The twist is quite shocking and I feel that the villain doesn't get quite the comeuppance they deserve. The author writes well but the jumping between genres was difficult to engage with - is this is a book that tells all about the world of buying and selling highly valuable pieces of art, is it a romance, is it a mystery, is it crime drama? The author clearly knows a lot about the art world and could argue that all of those genres/categorisations were necessary for this story. I learnt a lot about how art is valued in modern times and how much work goes into restoring and looking after art made by the old masters.
Oh, and the main painting narrates too. It kind of worked but in the audio book version I sometimes listened to, it was a bit strange to listen to the painting narrate its own history.
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild is on the Baileys Women's Prize of Fiction, and rightly so.
Althought it took me a while, I absolutely loved this book.
In the beginning I was rather confused however, since you get a massive info dump and names you most likely won't remember (I certainly didn't).
That's why I didn't feel like the book was 5 stars. There were simply too many characters and it made me forget who was who, and that's a shame.
Other than that it was lovely, especially since I always had Art History in school and recognized names of painters etc. Would definitely recommend!
Althought it took me a while, I absolutely loved this book.
In the beginning I was rather confused however, since you get a massive info dump and names you most likely won't remember (I certainly didn't).
That's why I didn't feel like the book was 5 stars. There were simply too many characters and it made me forget who was who, and that's a shame.
Other than that it was lovely, especially since I always had Art History in school and recognized names of painters etc. Would definitely recommend!
On the whole, this was an entertaining read, and a fun "insider's-inspired" look into the art world. I enjoyed getting a look into a world I know so little about, from someone who knows it so well.
With that said, it also read as unfocused at various points, and a few of the many characters introduced — and even further developed — seemed rather unnecessary by the end. I found the main "romance" rather unconvincing (read: I couldn't really be bothered to care about it) and rolled my eyes multiple times at what felt like an overuse of similes. While I know next to nothing about the book-editing process, I still thought this book could've used some streamlining and closer editing.
With that said, it also read as unfocused at various points, and a few of the many characters introduced — and even further developed — seemed rather unnecessary by the end. I found the main "romance" rather unconvincing (read: I couldn't really be bothered to care about it) and rolled my eyes multiple times at what felt like an overuse of similes. While I know next to nothing about the book-editing process, I still thought this book could've used some streamlining and closer editing.