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3.5 stars: I enjoyed learning about the art world, art history and painting techniques as it is a topic that I know very little about. The mystery, although fictionalized, is centred around a true art heist in Boston. In 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stuart Gardner museum an...
This book has one of the most uniques "voices" I've read in a long time. Ms. Shapiro does an excellent job of characterization, which made me care about Claire and her friends. She nailed the artistic world, and her use of flashback chapters wasn't distracting. I appreciate her intelligent perspecti...
A fictional offshoot from the real-life art theft of the Gardner Museum in 1990, the highest valued in U.S. history, and which remains unsolved to this day. I was very intrigued by the reproduction methods detailed in the copying of an original artwork. I maintain that imitation is the highest form ...
There’s a certain kind of historical fiction premise that I particularly love. The author finds a gap in the historical record and writes a story that connects previously unconnected events and people. B.A. Shapiro’s The Muralist is just that kind of book. In Shapiro’s version of art history, the ar...
I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review. You know I am not too big on historical books or even this kind of genre, but when I was offered the chance to read it I figured why the hell not. Jump right on in and give it a chance the worst thing is that I don't enjoy it and I can a...
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