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jenrefiction 's review for:
The Improbability of Love
by Hannah Rothschild
3-3.5
In short, a lot of this book was very interesting: the insight into the art world, the history, the scandal... I really enjoyed the main character, Annie’s storyline, and both Rebecca Winkleman’s and the painting’s narratives ended up becoming my favourite parts. If this novel had been (at least almost) exclusively written with those three POVs, it could have easily been 4+ stars. Unfortunately I had a hard time getting the point of all the other side-narratives, as they all felt very filler and those characters too caricature-y. The ending also felt very rushed and anti-climactic, with the stakes rising excitingly towards the end but then just skimmed over, with the reader being told how everything panned out rather than experiencing it.
In short, a lot of this book was very interesting: the insight into the art world, the history, the scandal... I really enjoyed the main character, Annie’s storyline, and both Rebecca Winkleman’s and the painting’s narratives ended up becoming my favourite parts. If this novel had been (at least almost) exclusively written with those three POVs, it could have easily been 4+ stars. Unfortunately I had a hard time getting the point of all the other side-narratives, as they all felt very filler and those characters too caricature-y. The ending also felt very rushed and anti-climactic, with the stakes rising excitingly towards the end but then just skimmed over, with the reader being told how everything panned out rather than experiencing it.