La casa de las miniaturas / The Miniaturist (Paperback)

from OscarWilde87

Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist tells the story of Petronella, or Nella in short, a girl from the Dutch Assendelft that gets married to the rich merchant Johannes Brandt. She moves to his big house in Amsterdam and lives there with Johannes' sister Marin and Otto and Cornelia, two servants in the...

from ecmross

I have to admit that this book didn't grab me from the beginning. I almost bailed on it, but at the end of Part I the plot thickened and I decided to keep listening to the audiobook. I'm very glad that I didn't chuck it because it really turned around and I found myself trying to get as much list...

from ecmross

I have to admit that this book didn't grab me from the beginning. I almost bailed on it, but at the end of Part I the plot thickened and I decided to keep listening to the audiobook. I'm very glad that I didn't chuck it because it really turned around and I found myself trying to get as much list...

from Eyejaybee

This is an atmospheric and intriguing, though to my mind ultimately dissatisfying novel, set in the austere society of late seventeenth century Amsterdam which is governed by the harshly orthodox Protestant Republic. Eighteen year old Petronella ("Nella") Oortman has lived in Alkmaar in a family ...

from missizicks

This is a well told story about expectation, disappointment, secrets and betrayal. At times it seemed quite a modern story to me, at odds slightly with its 17th century setting. Sometimes the language didn't feel right, but that didn't stop it being a gripping read. I finished it in a day. The ma...