A review by bunnieslikediamonds
The Ecliptic by Benjamin Wood

4.0

I'm partial to novels about art and artists, but they tend to be tainted by self-indulgence and self-importance (Siri Hustvedt's work is a brilliant exception). Wood does an admirable job with this thought-provoking and gripping novel. I thought the many descriptions of paintings and painting were very well done (I want to see all of the fictional paintings!). It doesn't hurt that The Ecliptic has some colorful settings and a thriller-like structure that qualifies it as a page-turner. The ending was a little disappointing, but perhaps inevitable

Spoiler

I hardly ever think these "oh it was all made up cop-outs" are justified, but in this case I'm willing to go with it since it didn't really detract from the story

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