The Glassblower

2.5 stars, really. Intriguing concept and I really enjoyed the scenes that focused on glassblowing. But most of the rest seemed rather far-fetched for the time period, and 2/3 of the sisters are highly annoying for a large portion of the tale. The book also could've used a stronger hand with edits, especially at the beginning. I almost gave up reading as it was just progressing so slowly. I'm curious how much some of my quibbles are related to the translation itself. . . . Also, the whole Strobel subplot felt like it was leading to something larger (especially since it was so jarringly out of place with the rest of the novel) that just never materialized. Unless that gets picked up again in the next book in the series.