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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
4.25
emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The prose in this book was stunning the way she writes and encapsulates this time was so well done. I really loved studying the poem “my last duchess” and think that this book does such a great job extrapolating on that and changing the story. The narrative structure was clever though could be confusing at times. Really disliked how rushed and predictable the ending was though.