The Virgin Blue

Told with a minimum amount of melodrama, and bestselling with limited amounts of hype, Tracy Chevalier's debut novel is quite a nice and tidy effort. The whole split level (the main story in the present intersects with a related story set in the past) storytelling device is executed pretty well, and......more

So this book started off strong -- very strong. The story of the 1500 Isabelle was very interesting, although could have been developed a little more, I think. I actually had a hard time putting the book down in the first three quarters or more. However, by the end, I was pretty much tired of it. Ti......more

Meni lično je ovo najdraža Trejsina knjiga... Inače nisam naročiti ljubitelj njenih romana.........more

I was incredibly disappointed in this book. I had read Girl With a Pearl Earring and been very impressed, so I picked up this one expecting something as good. Well, maybe not AS good, since The Virgin Blue was her first book and I was prepared to give her some wriggle room for growth and learning an......more

No-no-no. Ma che è ‘sta roba? Dove è la mia Chevalier? Stavolta è tutto bocciato. - L’Alternarsi di passato e presente mi ha infastidito: appena mi interessavo a quello che stava accadendo cambiavano i soggetti. - Capitoli lunghissimi pieni di tizie incinte, con i capelli rossi ed i vestiti azzurri. -......more