This book was initially all about the cover love for me - I could not stop looking at the cover whenever I saw it. I also liked that the story line was about a lost painting, but I wasn't sure it was really my thing. So I checked it out of the library, read the first bit, and bought the book for m...
A special thank you to Edelweiss and The Reading Society for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Although I'm new to Burton's writing, I was aware of her successful debut The Miniaturist and was anxious to read her sophomore effort. This book is incredibly well written and I thoroughly enjoyed O...
In 1600s Amsterdam, Nella agrees to marry a rich merchant. She looks forward to living in the city and being a wife and mother. However, when she gets to Amsterdam, she discovers that her husband wants nothing to do with her. He’s rarely home, and he leaves Nella in the care of his ultra-religious s...
Read by Kim A - Story of 19 year old Nella sent to Holland to be married to a wealthy gay merchant. Taboos and secrets throughout the family. The miniaturist of the title is sending eerily accurate and prescient items for Nella's wedding gift - a replica of their home. Nella holds the family togethe...
The book starts with the funeral of an unnamed but, according to the narrator, unpopular person as observed by an unnamed woman who, after other attendees have left, leaves a miniature of a house at the grave before deciding she has to leave. When the story proper start it is 1686, about three mon...
This could have been another The Crimson Petal and the White, but for the lazy storytelling. The writing itself is, in my opinion, good; up until the middle of the novel I believed I would give it solid four stars, if not more - Ms. Burton knows how to create a sense of mystery, and I was convinced ...
It was difficult for me to get into this as I felt the writing didn't flow all that well in the beginning, but once I reached the end of part one I was sold. I became more immersed in the story and more invested in the principal characters, the members of the Brandt household. Unfortunately the titu...
Nella ist 18 Jahre jung und wird mit dem Amsterdamer Johannes Brandt verheiratet. Als sie in Amsterdam ankommt und ihr neues Zuhause das erste Mal betritt, merkt sie gleich, dass irgendetwas nicht stimmt. Ihre Schwägerin ist kühl und weicht Fragen aus. Das Hausmädchen Cornelia erzählt ihr geheimnisv...
I haven't been on this website in a long while, woa. That being said, I want to try picking it up again as I do enjoy it. My shelves are not up to date anymore and I haven't written a review for all the books I've read since the last time I posted. But I figured I'll just write a review sort of t...
Ambientato in una Amsterdam divisa a metà tra la ricchezza derivante dai commerci e la sobrietà imposta dalla fede Calvinista, questo romanzo storico ripercorre quattro mesi della vita di Nella, che saranno tanto significativi da cambiare la sua intera vita. La strana famiglia del marito, ricco merc...
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