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frenchfrybri 's review for:
Stolen Beauty
by Laurie Lico Albanese
nice story, thought it brought up some super interesting points about art and freedom of expression.
didn’t like: felt like there wasn’t any real conflict that had to be overcome in the story. things happened but it wasn’t written in a way that i felt on the edge of my seat at all or concerned about what would happen next. also, the ending?? knocked off a whole star for me. i didn’t get why the austrian museum couldn’t have the painting; it wasn’t explained well at all. and maybe this is just the museum lover in me, but i wanted the museum to have it rather than a private owner? i know she ended up selling it to a different museum (yay, that was a touching scene) but while the whole conflict was happening i was honestly rooting for the museum because i don’t think items of cultural or scientific heritage belong in private collections, sorry not sorry. i feel like there was more to it and i should have been rooting for maria but the story just didn’t build it up in a way that i actually felt like that.
didn’t like: felt like there wasn’t any real conflict that had to be overcome in the story. things happened but it wasn’t written in a way that i felt on the edge of my seat at all or concerned about what would happen next. also, the ending?? knocked off a whole star for me. i didn’t get why the austrian museum couldn’t have the painting; it wasn’t explained well at all. and maybe this is just the museum lover in me, but i wanted the museum to have it rather than a private owner? i know she ended up selling it to a different museum (yay, that was a touching scene) but while the whole conflict was happening i was honestly rooting for the museum because i don’t think items of cultural or scientific heritage belong in private collections, sorry not sorry. i feel like there was more to it and i should have been rooting for maria but the story just didn’t build it up in a way that i actually felt like that.