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A review by lady_svoboda
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
5.0
Not quite 5 stars but let’s round up, shall we?
I kept moving this down my reading list, and noticed it had been made into a movie (?) in the UK and got great reviews, but apparently they don’t want to share. Can’t a colony get some love over here?!
I’m glad I read it! I like authors that don’t leave everything tied up in a little bow at the end for convenience. Open ended-ness seems to lend us readers some credit to do a little thinking, and to feel the shock and awe of life in Amsterdam in the 17th century!
Characters had layers that weren’t completely revealed (even the minor ones), and Burton gives you an ample taste of what life was (and wasn’t) for women in society.
A solid read, I’d say!
P.S. just read on another review “A dollhouse owned by a real Petronella Oortman currently [is] in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam” which would be amazing to see! Next stop?
I kept moving this down my reading list, and noticed it had been made into a movie (?) in the UK and got great reviews, but apparently they don’t want to share. Can’t a colony get some love over here?!
I’m glad I read it! I like authors that don’t leave everything tied up in a little bow at the end for convenience. Open ended-ness seems to lend us readers some credit to do a little thinking, and to feel the shock and awe of life in Amsterdam in the 17th century!
Characters had layers that weren’t completely revealed (even the minor ones), and Burton gives you an ample taste of what life was (and wasn’t) for women in society.
A solid read, I’d say!
P.S. just read on another review “A dollhouse owned by a real Petronella Oortman currently [is] in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam” which would be amazing to see! Next stop?