Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Very Enjoyable and Easy Reading

With so many reviews preceeding this I need not recap what others have eloquently summarized. This story is well written making its reading very enjoyable. Perhaps at some points it seems somewhat unrealistic that the behavoir and/or attitude would exist in the time period. Overall, however, these flaws are tiny and the stronger points of the book's themes carry it admirably. I loved the interweaving of art, religion, history, and mystery (the painter's identity.) I wish some of the sexual episodes would have been written less explicit and more suggestive to generate excitement in our imagination. They seems almost crude compared to the beautiful way the story is put together. Fans of "Girl With A Pearl Earring" will undoubtedly enjoy this novel; well worth the read.