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Originally Posted by caleb72
I finished this yesterday.
I ended up buying it because actually loaning the book looked like it was going to be a bit of a hassle.
The first third of the book I really struggled to get into. The writing was nice, but everything else was a bit tedious. However, as the novel progressed, I grew into it.
I ended up enjoying the link between the Poussin painting and the main character. It was as if that painting was a prophecy of sorts.
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That was a great insight about the link between the character and the painting, and the character's ending.
I also enjoyed the many references to Poussin. There's a great early reference which is very revealing of the protagonist:
"There is a particular bit of blue sky in Et in Arcadia Ego, where the clouds are broken in the shape of a bird in swift flight, which is the true, clandestine centre-point, the pinnacle of the picture, for me."