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A review by beriboo
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really struggled with this book and only continued reading it because I couldn’t find any full summaries with spoilers online.
Not that I needed to, the entire thing was so predictable and a tale as old as time.
I enjoyed the miniaturist, but this book did not need to exist and it feels like the author didn’t really know what to do with this story either. Paragraph after paragraph of just waffle and words without actually saying anything.
I couldn’t stand any of the characters, especially Thea, her bitterness towards Nella was so unnecessary and yet she is made out to be the misunderstood victim of the tale. She was nothing short of selfish and ungrateful.
Nothing happens in the book, just a lot of dialogue between the same characters about the same thing, money / marriage “you don’t know what it’s like for me” well no, they don’t because no of you actually speak to each other despite being locked away together for 18 years.
There is no point to the miniaturist at all, three items delivered that mean nothing and have no involvement in the story. The atmosphere is lacking too, the descriptions of Amsterdam and the society that made the previous book so lifelike have been completely missed out.
Overall, I’m a little grumpy that I wasted so much valuable reading time on this, feels like a cash grab off the popularity of The Miniaturist, nothing else.
Not that I needed to, the entire thing was so predictable and a tale as old as time.
I enjoyed the miniaturist, but this book did not need to exist and it feels like the author didn’t really know what to do with this story either. Paragraph after paragraph of just waffle and words without actually saying anything.
I couldn’t stand any of the characters, especially Thea, her bitterness towards Nella was so unnecessary and yet she is made out to be the misunderstood victim of the tale. She was nothing short of selfish and ungrateful.
Nothing happens in the book, just a lot of dialogue between the same characters about the same thing, money / marriage “you don’t know what it’s like for me” well no, they don’t because no of you actually speak to each other despite being locked away together for 18 years.
There is no point to the miniaturist at all, three items delivered that mean nothing and have no involvement in the story. The atmosphere is lacking too, the descriptions of Amsterdam and the society that made the previous book so lifelike have been completely missed out.
Overall, I’m a little grumpy that I wasted so much valuable reading time on this, feels like a cash grab off the popularity of The Miniaturist, nothing else.