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With such an interesting synopsis, I expected this book to be an incredibly interesting historical mystery. Instead it was the ridiculous ramblings of a spoiled socialite with regards to her failed marriage, silly affair, and dead colleague. There was no point to this story and I was supremely disappointed that Ives did not do more with the Elysia thread of the poorly constructed tale. With so much (fictional) access to the CeMArt (a thinly veiled alternative name for the Met in NYC), I would have thought Ives could put together a much more interwoven story. Instead the main character spends all of her time whining about a marriage where the husband was unfaithful, yet she herself also has an affair (the marriage not technically being over)?

The writing is extremely pretentious - as if Ives used a thesaurus on almost every word, and I found myself actually rolling my eyes at the construction of some her sentences. The structure is very difficult to read, does not flow, and makes the character very difficult to relate to.

All in all - 1 star. Poorly developed characters, an unnecessary thread that sort of promises a historical mystery but ultimately never delivers, and a very unsatisfying conclusion. Left me thinking - what a waste of a read.


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Impossible Views of the World Lucy Ives 9780735221536 Books Reviews

It was a good read. I thought there would be some more resolution, but it was fun to read as someone who works in a museum.
A hilarious, well-plotted novel bursting at the seams with fascinating ideas about utopia and art historical minutiae. One of the better novels about thinking about/describing art (and romance) I've read in a very long time.
It took me a very long time to finish reading this book. It is strangely entertaining, but not enough for me
The storyline was great but I did not like the writing style. There was no flow with the wording & had too many adjectives.
What a hoot and a holler! I wish Nabokov was around -- for many reasons, among them so that he could read this. No, it's not as good as Nabokov-- very little is -- but the language is on a higher, more amusing, more enjoying-itself level than anything I've read in years. Forget the da Vinci Code reference -- just some marketer trying to link a minor and banal plot connection. Forget it as anything but so terrifically smart if one knows anything about the worlds it inhabits -- the museum and related art worlds, and the somewhat Buddhist emotional story of walking into pain in order to walk out of it. Boy does this author know her stuff. And she always reins in, just enough, to make reading this a sport and more than a pastime. If anything in this review sings to you, read the book and sing along.
This book is a subtle and brilliant take on what it means to work inside of institutions, whether that's the family, marriage or museum, and be female. The protagonist, Stella Krakus, finds herself uncomfortably circumscribed by all three and must look to the past to imagine a future in which she can configure her own boundaries, rather than continuing to follow the institutionally prescribed maps for success and fulfillment. The language is gorgeous and the wit razorous. Unsurprising from a poet of Ives' caliber. Devoured it in two days!
Stella is distracted at work. To say the least. A curator at a famous museum in New York City, all hell has sort of broken lose, in both her work and personal life. A co-worker has lost his job and gone missing. Her pop-up ex, or soon-to-be, she hopes, shows up, uninvited to a work event, another co-worker, whom she carries a torch for, unnerves her in the heartbeat skipping way every time she sees him, and then there is her perfect Upper East Side ensconced in the art world herself meet-me-for-lunch and I’ll subtly scrutinize you but I love you mother and, as if she didn’t already have enough to worry about, she takes it upon herself to play detective in search of a missing map. This is all happening in Lucy Ives’ debut novel IMPOSSIBLE VIEWS OF THE WORLD, which is one hilarious, dizzying at times, romp in the underbelly of the art historian world.

Oh, Ms. Ives, your take down, or rather keen observations, through Stella’s eyes, had me weeping with laughter on many occasions.

“…who was absorbing the conversation of a pair of female interns harnessed with          matching J. Crew costume necklaces, the garish rhinestones of which evidently symbolized the wearer’s wealth, modesty, and intelligence.”

Make sure that you are alert when you sit down to read this book because the writing is sharp, fast-paced, and Ives’ masterful style and use of language leave no time for you to fall behind.
 
With such an interesting synopsis, I expected this book to be an incredibly interesting historical mystery. Instead it was the ridiculous ramblings of a spoiled socialite with regards to her failed marriage, silly affair, and dead colleague. There was no point to this story and I was supremely disappointed that Ives did not do more with the Elysia thread of the poorly constructed tale. With so much (fictional) access to the CeMArt (a thinly veiled alternative name for the Met in NYC), I would have thought Ives could put together a much more interwoven story. Instead the main character spends all of her time whining about a marriage where the husband was unfaithful, yet she herself also has an affair (the marriage not technically being over)?

The writing is extremely pretentious - as if Ives used a thesaurus on almost every word, and I found myself actually rolling my eyes at the construction of some her sentences. The structure is very difficult to read, does not flow, and makes the character very difficult to relate to.

All in all - 1 star. Poorly developed characters, an unnecessary thread that sort of promises a historical mystery but ultimately never delivers, and a very unsatisfying conclusion. Left me thinking - what a waste of a read.