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A review by jedbird
Lesson in Red by Maria Hummel
5.0
4.5*
This book about the LA art world follows Still Lives and I enjoyed it just as much as its predecessor.
I felt the art was better/better-described in this follow-up story than in Still Lives. Still Lives had paintings and a smidge of sculpture. Here it is sculpture and videos of performance art, which I think lend themselves better to a text description than paintings, and that made the art more engaging for me.
I enjoyed reading about Maggie Richter's complicated life anew. Honestly, I didn't really follow the logic for solving the mystery, nor did I understand why Maggie was targeted (as opposed to ignored/forgotten about), but I really enjoy Ms. Hummel's version of Los Angeles. If you don't care about Los Angeles or art, this probably isn't the series for you.
I'd love a third book.
This book about the LA art world follows Still Lives and I enjoyed it just as much as its predecessor.
I felt the art was better/better-described in this follow-up story than in Still Lives. Still Lives had paintings and a smidge of sculpture. Here it is sculpture and videos of performance art, which I think lend themselves better to a text description than paintings, and that made the art more engaging for me.
I enjoyed reading about Maggie Richter's complicated life anew. Honestly, I didn't really follow the logic for solving the mystery, nor did I understand why Maggie was targeted (as opposed to ignored/forgotten about), but I really enjoy Ms. Hummel's version of Los Angeles. If you don't care about Los Angeles or art, this probably isn't the series for you.
I'd love a third book.