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The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th-Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece by Laura Cumming
5.0
Eloquently written, carefully considered, and clearly a product of passion, this book is a beautiful tribute to a painter whose work is truly exceptional, and a jaw-dropping investigation into John Snare's quest to prove his case.
This book is an excellent read for anyone with a passion for art. I would definitely recommend it.
This book is an excellent read for anyone with a passion for art. I would definitely recommend it.
Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa by Farley Mowat
3.0
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
2.0
I don't get it. What is it everyone loves about this book? Maybe you NEED to read the other trilogy by this author first; it sounds like most people were willing to give this series a lot of credit automatically, based on how much they liked the others.
The characters all fit such clear-cut archetypes; a bad boy who is secretly troubled and sensitive, a Native American girl with a connection to the land and its animals, a bitchy high school girl who secretly is misunderstood and isolated. And the book actually asks you to believe that the main character distrusts a girl all the way into highschool because she once caught her copying her homework when they were younger. Yeah.
This is also one where a clearly grown-ass person is trying to write from the perspective of much younger people: kids repeatedly referring to weed as 'dope', for example, and having an actual 'smoke pit' at their school where kids who smoke cigarettes hang out. Yikes. Not to mention you can basically guess the entire plot after the first chapter. This one is skippable; don't let the people who adored the authors other series trick you into thinking this one is good by proxy.
The characters all fit such clear-cut archetypes; a bad boy who is secretly troubled and sensitive, a Native American girl with a connection to the land and its animals, a bitchy high school girl who secretly is misunderstood and isolated. And the book actually asks you to believe that the main character distrusts a girl all the way into highschool because she once caught her copying her homework when they were younger. Yeah.
This is also one where a clearly grown-ass person is trying to write from the perspective of much younger people: kids repeatedly referring to weed as 'dope', for example, and having an actual 'smoke pit' at their school where kids who smoke cigarettes hang out. Yikes. Not to mention you can basically guess the entire plot after the first chapter. This one is skippable; don't let the people who adored the authors other series trick you into thinking this one is good by proxy.