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erinsopran 's review for:
The Miniaturist
by Jessie Burton
I found this a very unpleasant read. At first that was a positive thing, because the author managed to create a very oppressive and eerie mood that I was loving. I do wish I'd read some spoilers, though, because a couple of incidents described in graphic detail really ruined the whole thing for me. Now, that's about my own personal List of Topics I Hate Reading About, and shouldn't necessarily reflect on the book, but at the same time there wasn't enough to the rest of the book to outweigh it.
I could get into a lot of other nitpicky things about how well or not-well the book justified and integrated the main character's obession with the miniaturist, and certain commonplace scenes and events that seemed like they would have a mysterious payoff in the end but seemed to in fact just be filler, but it doesn't REALLY matter because by that time I wasn't enjoying the book. I do think this might be someone else's favourite book, it just definitely wasn't mine.
I could get into a lot of other nitpicky things about how well or not-well the book justified and integrated the main character's obession with the miniaturist, and certain commonplace scenes and events that seemed like they would have a mysterious payoff in the end but seemed to in fact just be filler, but it doesn't REALLY matter because by that time I wasn't enjoying the book. I do think this might be someone else's favourite book, it just definitely wasn't mine.