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A review by madinotmaddie
The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci by Belle Ami
2.0
a great storyline but a greater desire for everything to slow down
I love love LOVE the idea of any sort of blast from the past, bringing history in all it’s glorious adventures and beauty to the modern world. And while I believe the story of The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci accomplishes bringing the story to light, it fails to connect the reader to the characters through rushed scenery, choppy dialogue, and too many opportunities to make failed attempts to read between the lines of what the current problem of our heroes is. I liked the architectural descriptions as it fit the Italian mood and seemed an appropriate nod to the set and history. I just wish the same attention given to setting the scene would have been given to the formation of emotional connections to Angela and Alex, aside from their vibrant sex life. The spice scenes were great and tangible in the way every reader hopes them to be but where there’s always some form of build up, slow burn type of expectation, it did seem like we kind of just straight into bed. Overall, I think this story would be great on a middle school reading level (if you take out the language and sex scenes of course) and you have a stellar story. As an adult reader, it feels lazy, rushed, and void of connection.
I love love LOVE the idea of any sort of blast from the past, bringing history in all it’s glorious adventures and beauty to the modern world. And while I believe the story of The Girl Who Knew Da Vinci accomplishes bringing the story to light, it fails to connect the reader to the characters through rushed scenery, choppy dialogue, and too many opportunities to make failed attempts to read between the lines of what the current problem of our heroes is. I liked the architectural descriptions as it fit the Italian mood and seemed an appropriate nod to the set and history. I just wish the same attention given to setting the scene would have been given to the formation of emotional connections to Angela and Alex, aside from their vibrant sex life. The spice scenes were great and tangible in the way every reader hopes them to be but where there’s always some form of build up, slow burn type of expectation, it did seem like we kind of just straight into bed. Overall, I think this story would be great on a middle school reading level (if you take out the language and sex scenes of course) and you have a stellar story. As an adult reader, it feels lazy, rushed, and void of connection.