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448 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812968972
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Trade
Publication date: 30 November 2004
Description
Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mi...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,855 reviews
Moods
reflective 45%
informative 35%
dark 34%
mysterious 27%
adventurous 26%
tense 19%
sad 16%
challenging 13%
hopeful 13%
inspiring 10%
relaxing 6%
funny 2%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 49% | A mix: 43% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 82% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 7% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 43% | No: 36% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 15% | N/A: 3%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual contentModerate
Murder, Death, PregnancyMinor
Child death, Vomit, Violence
448 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780812968972
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Trade
Publication date: 30 November 2004
Description
Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mi...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,855 reviews
Moods
reflective 45%
informative 35%
dark 34%
mysterious 27%
adventurous 26%
tense 19%
sad 16%
challenging 13%
hopeful 13%
inspiring 10%
relaxing 6%
funny 2%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 11%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 49% | A mix: 43% | Plot: 6%Strong character development?
Yes: 82% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 7% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 15% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 43% | No: 36% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 60% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 15% | N/A: 3%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Sexual contentModerate
Murder, Death, PregnancyMinor
Child death, Vomit, Violence