Started: July 22, 2024
Completed: July 25, 2024
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody, but I have read about the glass makers of Venice, so was drawn to this novel from that perspective.
Completed: July 25, 2024
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody, but I have read about the glass makers of Venice, so was drawn to this novel from that perspective.
Review:
Chevalier has a new approach to time travel--build some characters you like and plop them into different times. This is not a bad approach and helps explain transitions (Chevalier uses the analogy of a skipping stone and this is introduced very early so is not any kind of a plot reveal). This allows for several love stories of different kinds to inhabit different ages. It seems, however, that Chevalier relies on this method to try to add some interest to the book via the cast of characters that surround the major characters rather than developing the major characters themselves. The book is interesting, the glass making is OK, and the character development is poor.
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