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thebobsphere 's review for:
The Improbability of Love
by Hannah Rothschild
On the whole The Improbability of Love was a fun read. The plot focuses on a painting which is discovered in a junk shop. When various art connoisseurs discover the value of the painting, it leads to a bizarre hunt.
The writing style is great, funny, precise and flowing. The plot is good. If you are an art lover it helps a bit and some chapterss are inspired - the Czech painter scene is brilliant. However it does get a bit predictable, bordering on the silly, towards the end and the characters are not fleshed out properly but it was a great read and I learnt quite a bit from it too. One could see it as a satire of the art world but it could also be a depiction of how much history a painting goes through.