Girl in Hyacinth Blue

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Summary: Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Review: This story really begins at the end. It is both tragic, and heroic. The characters capture your sight, and you feel as though you can experience the depth of their emotions. The characters literally come alive on the page. It is a story told about lost innocence, sacrifice and the will to survive. A quick easy book to read, but yet so very complex. I recommend this book to anyone. It leaves the reader with something to ponder.

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Summary: A great alternative to "Girl With a Pearl Earring"
Review: What a wonderful little book! As I was reading this, I couldn't help but make little comparisons between it and Girl with a Pearl Earring, a book which was quite a disappointment to me. Both books tell a (fictionalized) story of a Vermeer painting; Girl in Hyacinth Blue, with its backwards timeline, managed to grab my attention with the first story, and once I started, I ended up finishing the entire book in almost one sitting!

I definately know what I will be recommending that people read, instead of Girl With a Pearl Earring!

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Summary: charged with life
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Here is my review (sorry it went through twice):

I had such a banal time reading this tedious book I stopped reading within a few chapters. Uninteresting, undetailed, not at all intricate... if other children besides me have read Girl with a Pearl Earring, I could certainly make no comparison. This book completely drew my attention elsewhere... to the table, to the chairs and other things around me.
I found myself being lured by that beautiful cover. But the book is so terrible...