MAY BOOK OF THE MONTH

[Michelle]

The May Book of the Month is The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton! Happy reading!

[Ceri]

I'm new to this group and have never participated in a group read before but I'm very pleased to see that this won since I just started reading it yesterday anyway! I think it will be a quick read for me and I look forward to discussing it with you all.

[Michelle]

Ceri wrote: "I'm new to this group and have never participated in a group read before but I'm very pleased to see that this won since I just started reading it yesterday anyway! I think it will be a quick read ..."

yay thanks for joining! cant wait to see how everyone likes it!

[[deleted user]]

Awesome :) I have been waiting for the right time to read this book ...

[[deleted user]]

Awesome :) I have been waiting for the right time to read this book ...

[Ceri]

I just finished it and it was only okay. For a book with FOUR pages of review quotes at the beginning- words like "haunting", "mesmerising", "magical" from a wide variety of publications I'm surprised to find the best word I can find to describe it is "forgettable"
It has some excellent qualities- a very strong sense of its historical setting, a couple of well rounded characters (Marin, for me, felt very real) and a good plot.
There was a lot to like, but I just never got any atmosphere out of it, which was what I was expecting.
I suppose the moral here is, don't always believe the hype!