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Title: Appallingly written rip-off
Review: In fairness, this is not really a rip-off of a better-known book about a Vermeer painting (Tracy Chevalier's lovely Girl with a Pearl Earring.) It's simply a dreadful book. Vreeland's prose is loose and sloppy, and some of the "facts" she presents in her stories are simply incorrect. However, what really makes this book a loser is that her stories are just dull, dull, dull. Every time I put this book down I had to *force* myself to pick it up again. Do yourself a favour and don't waste your time.
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