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A review by queencleo
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
3.0
It's a mystery to me why my mother's book club chose this book to read this month.
Then again, I "um"ed and "ah"ed about buying a copy from a bookshop in the city over Winter.
The blurb sells it as a tense and haunting suspense. It is not.
It is mostly a book about art. Lord knows it's not about history because the author has No Idea.
I liked Ellie a lot, but the other characters, even the titular, are not particularly well rounded or interesting.
I slogged through until about 50 pages from the end, when it all came together and I could move past anachronisms. Or there were less because the "plot" moved forward to the 21st century.
Hmm. Not what I thought I was signing up for.
Read if you appreciate art. Particularly painting. Or if you are looking for the smallest glimpse into the world of art forgery. Don't read if you are expecting a crescendo of suspense or a richly complex plot
Then again, I "um"ed and "ah"ed about buying a copy from a bookshop in the city over Winter.
The blurb sells it as a tense and haunting suspense. It is not.
It is mostly a book about art. Lord knows it's not about history because the author has No Idea.
I liked Ellie a lot, but the other characters, even the titular, are not particularly well rounded or interesting.
I slogged through until about 50 pages from the end, when it all came together and I could move past anachronisms. Or there were less because the "plot" moved forward to the 21st century.
Hmm. Not what I thought I was signing up for.
Read if you appreciate art. Particularly painting. Or if you are looking for the smallest glimpse into the world of art forgery. Don't read if you are expecting a crescendo of suspense or a richly complex plot