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Title: Not what I'd hoped
Review: I read Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and loved it; so I thought I'd try another of her novels. This is, unfortunately, not the same caliber. It reads like the trashy romance novels I try to avoid. The character development revolves around sex, which can be pulled off (think Chopin's "The Awakening"), but it just wasn't in this case. The interaction between various societies, classes, and the art which binds them all is fascinating, but I would have prefered the novel to revolve more around that than some randy artists desire for the various female characters. So, I would definitely recommend "Girl with a Pearl Earring" but I would not recommend this novel.
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