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A review by alwaysbooking
The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe
3.0
I wanted to like this book so badly, and yet it just fell a little bit short for me. This is going to be one of those reviews where it just wasn’t my cup of tea but I am at the other end of spectrum because this book is getting some crazy amazing reviews.
The plot of this book was so good and well thought and I really enjoyed it. The characters moved really slowly throughout their relationship and Ansel did not push Indy at all. He let her come to her own realizations which I really enjoyed. I loved getting his POV of her, and how while being a grumpy old man with everyone else he would look at her and think something was just adorable. The mystery behind the paintings was cool, however if you are a detective at all you figure out what the big secret is.
It was so much harder for me to connect to Indy, she seemed a little more selfish to me. While Ansel seemed the giver in the relationship she was the taker. Maybe that’s the way it works for their relationship but I couldn’t handle it for this book. There was also something else that happened with Indy that while it happened seemed no big deal to her until later, this really bothered me however I won’t reveal because spoilers.
I guess the big problem for me was just the connection, the writing was amazing, and the plot was phenomenal. I just couldn’t connect for the life of me and I so wanted too. I will definitely give these authors another go on another book though.
The plot of this book was so good and well thought and I really enjoyed it. The characters moved really slowly throughout their relationship and Ansel did not push Indy at all. He let her come to her own realizations which I really enjoyed. I loved getting his POV of her, and how while being a grumpy old man with everyone else he would look at her and think something was just adorable. The mystery behind the paintings was cool, however if you are a detective at all you figure out what the big secret is.
It was so much harder for me to connect to Indy, she seemed a little more selfish to me. While Ansel seemed the giver in the relationship she was the taker. Maybe that’s the way it works for their relationship but I couldn’t handle it for this book. There was also something else that happened with Indy that while it happened seemed no big deal to her until later, this really bothered me however I won’t reveal because spoilers.
I guess the big problem for me was just the connection, the writing was amazing, and the plot was phenomenal. I just couldn’t connect for the life of me and I so wanted too. I will definitely give these authors another go on another book though.