The Miniaturist

Amsterdam: Where the pendulum swings from God to a guilder.

This started out well but it turned out to be quite a lackluster. The setting was pretty much ruined by unconvincing characters who had unclear, non-nonsensical agendas. Despite having a few major players we barely find anything more meaningful about them, not just their secrets. Their interactions are maybe too superficial and there are more questions that answers at the end, including how the miniaturist knew what would happened in the future or what had already happened but was never revealed to the public.. I was pretty much drawn it by the blurb which clearly oversells the miniaturist and it will probably lead to many people being disapointed. The themes tackled are intriguing but I wasn't sold on the execution despite the fact that the writing style was quite enjoyable.