Rosanne
I'm sad to say I was very disappointed by this book after the hype on bookstagram. I enjoyed the idea of a magical island with a mysterious and somewhat crazy man as its puppetmaster. But then I started to get annoyed by things. So many things. The whole cliché of kissing in the rain while wearing a wedding dress, after chapters of “will they won't they”. The bland personality of the main character who is too busy with how she looks to think straight. Add to that the stupidity of hiding from someone in tunnels when you've already encountered this person in there before. And then act surprised when they catch you in there.. it was just too much for me. The general stupidity reminded me of Dan Browns books; the WOW, THIS IS BRILLIANT moments when there is really nothing special happening except the use of common sense. It's supposed to be a book about sisterly love, but I just didn't feel any connection between the two sisters. They were both too busy falling in love with cute boys within a week. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I can't give this more than 2 stars. I thought about adding another star for the magical dress, but since it didn't make another appearance after it was unceremoniously ditched for a regular dress, I couldn't. I did finish it though, so 2 stars it is!
Het boek begon heel goed, maar richting het einde vond ik het verhaal slechter worden. Bovendien waren hele stukken geschreven als een roman en andere stukken als een geschiedenisboek. De balans leek een beetje zoek. Al met al met plezier gelezen, maar ben blij dat ik nu weer een ander boek kan oppakken.
Slechtste boek ooit gelezen! De schrijver onderschat zijn lezers door alle ontdekkingen die Langdon doet ‘briljant' te noemen. Langdon zelf is een onsympathiek persoon en zijn hele obsessie met Vittoria verveelde me. Het enige ‘ohooo' momentje was het feit dat de paus een zoon heeft dmv kunstmatige inseminatie, leuk gevonden. Het is dat ik dit boek als studiemateriaal moest lezen, anders had ik hem niet kunnen uitlezen.
The bookstore gave this book away for free because of the Week of the English Book. But how on earth was this book ever approved to be handed out to children?
DNF. The main character was so naive, it was annoying. She was supposedly desperate to keep the job, but she seemed to be more concerned with stealing the husband. And when that went a little too easy, she wasn't suspicious of that at all. The ‘plot twist' wasn't that surprising, so I wish Millie good luck for the rest of the story and I'll move on to a better book.
