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Title: disappointed
Review: I loved Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, but this book is not as well-written or enjoyable. The main problem is that the central characters are not likable. Who can sympathize with either a randy, pompous artist or a silly, unthinking girl, or an art patron who can't even see his wife's face in paintings? In Pearl Earring, both Griet and Vermeer are appealing and likable, and we care what happens to them. Plus, in Pearl Earring, the sexual tension is palpable, and I as a reader wanted to know what happened between them. Here, the sex is in-your-face and I didn't care what happened to these characters. Chevalier can do better!
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