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kilohertz53 · 06-30-2008, 06:32 PM

I just finished "The Book of Air and Shadows" yesterday. I did enjoy it, although it had just a few too many plot twists towards the end. Overall, I think Michael Gruber's new novel "The Forgery of Venus" is better. It has the same sort of style and subject matter, but the plotting is streamlined and there are fewer characters to keep track of.

"The Forgery of Venus" does for painting what "The Book of Air and Shadows" did for Jacobean manuscripts. Definitely worth your time.

06-30-2008, 06:32 PM	#8
kilohertz53 Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 671 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Harwichport, MA Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-350, Augen "The Book"	I just finished "The Book of Air and Shadows" yesterday. I did enjoy it, although it had just a few too many plot twists towards the end. Overall, I think Michael Gruber's new novel "The Forgery of Venus" is better. It has the same sort of style and subject matter, but the plotting is streamlined and there are fewer characters to keep track of. "The Forgery of Venus" does for painting what "The Book of Air and Shadows" did for Jacobean manuscripts. Definitely worth your time.