Midnight Blue - Simone van de Vlugt

 

53%

15.05.21

Nice cover (though that's irrelevant on a Kindle) and interesting insight into Dutch history, but a rather tedious story with a stilted translation that did it no favours.

The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton

50%
06.02.15

I actually fell asleep while reading this one night. Perhaps I was just really tired. The context of 17th-century Amsterdam was quite interesting but the muddled plot, inconsistent characterisation and, ultimately, the lack of resolution were disappointing, given the current hype.