Part DOS

I finished...yayyy...my second book in 5 MONTHS!? Such a shame. I must return to my love, and this book was a significant step.

So, on the mystery front, I didn't find this book to be hugely amAzing or revelatory. I kind of wish that they hadn't told you from the beginning that it was one of the three miniaturists...because they really had a fairly small part in the book as a whole it felt. It didn't really feel you were connected to any of them in one way or another, so the discovery of which one was the murderer was fairly anti-climactic.

I didn't really end up loving any of the characters, which I think was the point and not a bad thing, but it made me sad that all of the characters kind of let me down. Well, Esther seemed to be the one character who was moderately consistent with what you knew of her. And Hasan, weirdly, went up in opinion by the end of the book, though his role overall was fairly minor.

The style of writing was quite beautiful, and it definitely made me want to go to Istanbul...in the winter of course. My favorite chapters were the ones told by the storytellers about the various illustrations. So entertaining and artful!

And now, to put it in not so classy words but which thoroughly describe how I feel right now, I'm going to make War and Peace my bitch. Eep!

My Name Is Red

Well I am not half through the book yet, but it is halfway through the month so I thought I'd do a quick review of what I think so far.

I really like it! I like, with the short chapters and various characters, how fast moving it seems. I love books with lots of characters so this is a winner. More and more as I read the 'mystery' genre comes out and is quite interesting how the author teases the suspense and curiosity out of you. The other thing with many characters I think is that it helps you see various sides of each one, not just the positive side of the protaganist and the evil of the antagonist. Instead it's a little more well rounded and leaves it more up to you to decide who you like and why.

Plus, snow just came in the mail, so I'm excited both to continue this one and read that!