Negative Positive
Title: Reads like someone's senior English project
Review: Very disappointing book. The story never resolves with the introductory chapter, which seemed to be the most logical and interesting step to take. It's nothing but a collection of flat short stories, each predictable and hurried. Only one or twice did I care what happened to anyone, as the writing style rushed along -- I understood that the painting was supposed to be the "main character," but I found myself not empathizing with why the human characters would risk so much for this object. I suspect that the movie "The Red Violin" did a better job accomplishing what this author set out to do.
Is the review positive or negative? 