Angress has written a vivid and captivating novel that comes to life off the pages.ĭanielle is a Lesbrary guest reviewer. It was the perfect length, leaving you satisfied yet still wanting more, and with such realistic and detailed descriptions of the characters’ art, I felt as though I was walking through an art gallery of their creations: a fictional art gallery filled with the fictional art created by fictional characters. It is a smart, well-written book that I was immediately captivated by, and have remained captivated by weeks after reading it. The novel is part academic, part love story, part art discourse, and she weaves all of those themes together seamlessly. I found myself truly caring about them, and in that sense, Angress has created a masterpiece. My heart hurt for the characters throughout Sirens & Muses. Between the lines, they have a beautiful love story: obscured by the other two characters’ stories, Angress gave just enough to pull me into their relationship, and desperately hope for some sort of sequel to their story. By the time I finished reading, I’d fallen in love with both of them. Karina is the character I found most difficult to like at the start of the novel, while Louisa is easy to love.
Its 368 pages simply don’t have enough of them together. The dynamic between Karina and Louisa is what makes Sirens & Muses for me. I loved watching each character change direction and reach their potentials despite their earlier suffering and anxieties. It’s important to note that Angress seems to be a master of character development. Despite times throughout the novel when they are extremely unlikeable, by the end of the novel, two of the four characters, Karina and Louisa, have become some of my favourite fictional characters.
The four artists are flawed, have their own anxieties and grievances, and are at times self-conscious.
The characters are rich: Angress has done a phenomenal job of creating realistic characters who are not always likable-which, to me, makes them even more real. Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress is a novel that follows four artists as they embark first on art school before conquering New York City.
0 kommentar(er)
