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Title: Worst Book I've Read This Year
Review: I'm a fan of historical fiction. I absolutely loved "Galileo's Daughter", also enjoyed "Year of Wonders", and "The Red Tent" to a great extent. I enjoy a good story and taking certain libterties with history. However, I must say that "The Passion of Artemsia" was the worst book I've read this year. I'm truly amazed that it was published and is a best seller. The grammar is atrocious. The writing is over-wrought and reads like a dime- store romance. The plot is contrived, historically inaccurate, and thinly researched. In the discussion section in the back of the book, Susan Vreeland talks about how she read one book Artemisia and two books on the Italian Renaissance-well it shows. I wish I had the book in front of me and could quote some of the more awful passages. All I can suggest is do not waste your money on this drivel.
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