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The Glassblower (2014)

by Petra Durst-Benning(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

AmazonCrossing

series

Glasbläser-Saga

review 1: I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.This book perhaps suffers a bit in translation from the German it was originally written in. The writing seems a bit clunky, and the characterization seems a bit obvious. We have three sisters in the mid-nineteenth century who are orphaned. One goes to the medium-sized city to become a shopgirl and learns to be a hard-headed businesswoman. One marries unwisely, and the third realizes that she loves creating beautiful pieces of glass. You've proabably read the summary, that women don't blow glass in this village (although they paint it) so the solution to the girls' problem, while long in coming, is so obvious that I was just waiting for them to get to it already. Each of the girls also has... more a romance interest.I did recognize a lot of the description of German thinking and behavior, coming from that background myself. The emphasis on hard work, being sensible and not "flashy", and on plowing forward through adversity without letting yourself feel many emotions around it, all familiar. So I enjoyed the book for that in a strange kind of way. It was sort of a comforting book, but also kind of clunky and obvious. I'm not sure I'd read more by this author.
review 2: This was a free book on Amazon and since it dealt with some historical facts, I chose to read it. It was an easy read and informative about the times and the art. I was not taken in by the book to the point of not putting it down and so did not find it as one of the more "exceptional" books I've read. It is a good story about a family of glass blowers who are women and, at the time women were not allowed to take part in that craft. Because of the death of the father the 3 sisters were left to trying to make a living. Through hard work and struggle they each went their own way but kept their commitment to the family in tact. I could not truly believe the fact that one sister could pick up the craft on her own with no one teaching her but merely observing her father throughout the years. However, it was an interesting tale of family suffering and togetherness. But it did show the struggle women underwent during that period of time. less

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