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boo_radley18 's review for:
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
An interesting if somewhat implausible tale of a young merchant's wife in 17th century Amsterdam, which reads like "Jane Eyre" as rewritten by a Women's Studies undergraduate. Rather too overwritten for my tastes, with a lot of anachronistically modern sounding characters and dialogue. I get the appeal of these kinds of books - exotic locations, enough period detail to make it feel like a brainy read, and a femme-friendly take on history - but it's not for me.