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A review by jdintr
The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin
3.0
I became a Goodwin fan with his non-fiction history of the Ottoman Empire, "Lords of the Horizon." In the Bellini card he stretches his passion from Istanbul to Venice with this mystery.
The novel reads as a nice escape. My mind traveled the canals of Venice, and looked into hidden corners. Like wandering the real streets of Venice, it is easy to get lost in this novel: I never understood Pawleski's role in the plot, when the action doesn't really start until Yashim arrives. One other complaint is the similarity of the character names: Bellini, Benari.
Overall, I enjoyed the book--and the trip to another place and another time that it took me.
The novel reads as a nice escape. My mind traveled the canals of Venice, and looked into hidden corners. Like wandering the real streets of Venice, it is easy to get lost in this novel: I never understood Pawleski's role in the plot, when the action doesn't really start until Yashim arrives. One other complaint is the similarity of the character names: Bellini, Benari.
Overall, I enjoyed the book--and the trip to another place and another time that it took me.