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laurieb755 's review for:
The Muralist
by B.A. Shapiro
In fairness to B.A. Shapiro, I started reading this book within days of finishing Iain Pear's Arcadia. On top of that, I came down with the flu. Having read Shapiro's previous book, The Art Forger, I notice that both books resulted in the same rating by me.
The story – it's always about the story – compelled me to stick with the book. Of course I wanted to know how it resolved. However, the writing, particularly of Dani's portions, struck me as immature; there were two typos I noticed early on; and the characterization of Dani seemed contrived.
Was I moved by the ending? Of course. But not because it was Dani's story; because it was Alizée's story.
The story – it's always about the story – compelled me to stick with the book. Of course I wanted to know how it resolved. However, the writing, particularly of Dani's portions, struck me as immature; there were two typos I noticed early on; and the characterization of Dani seemed contrived.
Was I moved by the ending? Of course. But not because it was Dani's story; because it was Alizée's story.