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The Tulip Virus (2008)

by Daniëlle Hermans(Favorite Author)

3.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312577869 (ISBN13: 9780312577865)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

review 1: What was this book about again? It's been too long. Basically, I have a thing with tulips. I'm not sure if I said this before, but I do. It's fucking weird, but I love flowers--especially tulips. And history. I love history. So if you mix history and tulips, you get a very excited Azula. But this story was boring. And uninteresting. It was bad writing (maybe some words were lost in translation. but sucks for Hermans, doesn't it) and had bad pacing. Neeeext!
review 2: From the very first page, Daniëlle Hermans has us intrigued. A murder in 1636 in an Alkmaar tavern, and another nearly 400 years later in an exclusive area of London: how are these related? What do the dying words of second victim mean? The two story lines develop independently, but are woven toge... morether beautifully. Daniëlle has obviously done quite a lot of research and we learn a great deal about tulip cultivation and trade, but in an easily digestible manner. She intertwines fact with fiction to produce an entirely believable tale. Daniëlle uses some clever analogies and pleasing echoes, the action is fast-paced, the dialogue, credible, and there are several plot-twists leading to a gripping climax. This novel is hard to put down: many will be compelled to read it in one sitting. David MacKay deserves praise for a first-rate translation. An excellent debut novel: let’s hope we are treated to English translations of Daniëlle Hermans’ subsequent novels soon. less

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