A review by specs
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

2.0

This was...fine. Bought it because I took a 2 hour train trip without my phone or another book, and so made an emergency book purchase at the newsstand at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I do love a book with a map and a glossary, but this one just didn't grab me. It teases a supernatural explanation for something and then, a few chapters before the end, finally says nope, there is a perfectly earthly explanation for this. And at that point I put the book down and almost didn't finish it -- because I cared more about the mechanics of the maybe-supernatural-thing than the characters.

Perfectly serviceable historical fiction with women at its core.