The Venice Sketchbook: A Novel

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I received a copy of The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review, I was totally engrossed by Juliet’s story, I highly recommend the book and five stars from me.

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A well written multi timeline taking the reader back to Venice in the lead up to World War II and beyond.Caroline decides to travel to Venice, to scatter Aunt’s ashes and to see if there’s anyway she can solve the mystery of the keys.

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I like writing the whodunnit aspect of mysteries, but there were so many other stories I wanted to tell. The art element is particularly interesting through the Biennale modern art exhibition and the discussions in the 1920/30’s sections on the ‘new style’ of art of artists like Picasso versus the old masters.Pour a glass of Prosecco, make yourself a plate of tramezzini or some bruschetta, fill a little bowl with olives and let’s pretend we are soaking up the sun on the balcony at Hotel Danieli whilst reading Rhys Bowen’s latest masterpiece, “Venice Sketchbook”. Her writing is vivid, inviting readers to experience the sights, smells, and tastes of a city built along the canals in this romantic, historical fiction. Dessen adlige Familie missbilligt die Verbindung, doch nichts kann sie trennen – bis der Krieg Venedig erreicht und sie gezwungen sind, zu kämpfen und ein Geheimnis zu schützen, das sie für immer aneinander bindet. Rushing to make it in time, Caroline arrives to hear her aunt’s dying wish and receives a box containing some jewellery, 3 keys and a sketchbook.

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I hope and pray things get fixed at your house and there are improvements in your neighborhood and town. There’s little sense of danger during the German occupation of Italy and the ending should have been dynamite and instead is a briefly ignited Roman Candle. This book is not only heartbreaking and at the same time heartwarming story of eternal love, tragedy and courage, it is also an incredible Venice guide book, which make you feel like a Venetian and a part of this city. As the story moves along at a snail pace just like a romantic gondola ride along the canal and lagoon islands, back and forth in time seamlessly we go to enjoy a story that mostly brings Venice and its people to life.This is a tale brimming with secrets, romance, and possibilities, cast against the colorful setting of irresistible Venice. She's a mom, and her flighty, fashion designer ex-husband is in New York City living with a pop star. I have a fondness for dual timeline books so I was quite pleased to accept a copy of The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen thanks to TLC Book Tours. For Caroline her time in Venice is valuable in so many ways, she comes to terms with the end of her marriage, she can see things from a different perspective, she has great admiration for her great-aunt Juliet and the lasting legacy she left behind. Her inheritance barely affords her a trip to Venice to learn more about the contents of a box that had once belonged to her aunt: two sketchbooks, Venetian glass beads, a ring, and three keys.

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Do you think culture has something to do with how she sat back and didn't take action until the Rossi family pushed her to it? I've got no qualms about giving this one star because it's got a higher average rating than Hamlet, War and Peace and Pride and Prejudice. We can never fully revisit those people and places we've kept frozen in still life hovering in chambers within our memories.

But it’s not the best time to be traveling as Mussolini is consolidating his power and Hitler is well, doing what Hitler did. The dual timeline of the late 1930's into WW2 and then 2001, provides a most effective backdrop as this poignant story unfolds. With little hope of solving the mysteries of the items, Caroline is determined to enjoy her holiday. It's meant to be harmless escapism and who gives a monkeys if it's littered with historical inaccuracies and inventions? The author only needed to read one memoir by an Italian Jew to know Italian Jews were never made to wear the yellow star.