Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I found this book to be incredibly enjoyable. The way that Tracy Chevalier brings the art work of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer to life is amazing. Not only to you get to see the paintings vividly in your head but you also can understand the feelings of the characters. Griet is a young girl that is torn two ways, one of which she knows is wrong. She knows that there is a connection between her master and herself but at the same time realizes that nothing can ever happen between them. Then ther is her butcher boyfriend who, though he is a great man, is not what Griet wants in life. You watch her struggle as she works for the Vermeer family living only for the time in His study. It is a thrilling story about the hard truth of the 17th Century.
I absolutly loved this book and would recommend it to anyone. I have never before had a book that gave me such amazing visual images.

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Summary: Pulp fiction
Review: I can not understand all the hallaballoo about this work. I kept waiting for the story to unfold. OK, the principal character is 16, but must the writing style be of a 16 year old. If this book had not been give the promotional spin it recieved, it would have been relagated to the fiction section of the local supermarket.
Perhaps it would make a good Hollywood movie.

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Summary: Simple beauty
Review: This is not the typical book I like to read, but it was recommended to me by my mom so I gave it a shot and found that I really enjoyed it! The heroine, Griet, is a well-developed character that you love and pity at the same time. I loved that true beauty was found in the simplicity of a servant.

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Summary: Good but not remarcable
Review: The idea is great, the story is good, but the writer lucks talent. I didn't like her way of writing, too simple and full of inconsistencies.
This is a very easy read, I finished it the same day. As I said, it is a good book, but far from being a masterpiece.

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Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: I started reading this book and I could NOT put it down. Tracy Chevalier has a way of writing the point of view of a young lady in this book that you'd actually think that it happened in real life. I like how it is written from the point of view of the young lady 'Griet'. I love the way its written. Its easy to understand and the book just sinks you into it and you want to know more. I cant wait to buy and read her other books. An A+++++ on my scale! You must read this!

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Summary: Such a pleasant, unique novel. Refreshing & unique!
Review: Girl with a Pearl Earring -- by Tracy Chevalier - Such a fantastic story. I couldn't put it down. Compares to: "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" by Susan Vreeland, "The Lady and the Unicorn" by Tracy Chevalier, "Memoriors of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden, "I Know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel" by Rebecca Wells; "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb, and "When It Rains" by Marjorie Spoto and "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown.. A Must Read.