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A review by jesslolsen
The Muse by Jessie Burton
4.0
Like The Miniaturist, I loooove this cover art. It makes me want to buy a copy just to have something so pretty sitting on my shelf.
As I was reading I kept trying to pick what the plot twist was going to be: Quick was Olive; Quick was Teresa; Quick was neither of them; Lawrie was Olive and Issacs son but brought up by Sarah... I like novels that keep me guessing and aren’t completely obvious.
You didn’t really see much of Majorie Quicks personality in the current story, other than her strong reaction to the painting and then her demise, so it made more sense once the pieces all came together and I better understood why she was portrayed as so closed off.
I love the idea that something as innocuous as a painting can affect so many peoples lives, directly (Olive, Teresa, Sarah, Issac) and indirectly (Lawrie, Odelle) and for so many years after it was created
Jessie Burton’s writing was still as wonderful as in The Miniaturist, I thought he contrast of the two time periods was done really well, and Odelles voice was a great narrator.
My life was a beanstalk and I was Jack, and the foliage was shooting up and up, abundant, impressive, at such speed that I could barely cling on.
As I was reading I kept trying to pick what the plot twist was going to be: Quick was Olive; Quick was Teresa; Quick was neither of them; Lawrie was Olive and Issacs son but brought up by Sarah... I like novels that keep me guessing and aren’t completely obvious.
You didn’t really see much of Majorie Quicks personality in the current story, other than her strong reaction to the painting and then her demise, so it made more sense once the pieces all came together and I better understood why she was portrayed as so closed off.
I love the idea that something as innocuous as a painting can affect so many peoples lives, directly (Olive, Teresa, Sarah, Issac) and indirectly (Lawrie, Odelle) and for so many years after it was created
Jessie Burton’s writing was still as wonderful as in The Miniaturist, I thought he contrast of the two time periods was done really well, and Odelles voice was a great narrator.
My life was a beanstalk and I was Jack, and the foliage was shooting up and up, abundant, impressive, at such speed that I could barely cling on.