- Hardcover: 275 pages
- Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (12 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385327803
- ISBN-13: 978-0385327800
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,032,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very readable, but doesn't really stay with you for long,
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This review is from: Daughter of Venice (Paperback)
Firstly, I'll state the good points. It was highly readable; I could hardly put it down and finished it in a matter of hours. Through the vivid descriptions and rich vocabulary, I could almost sense the suffocating life that was Donata's world; I was also able to get a feel of the inequality between men and women during those times. Evidently, Napoli had done her research.
But there wasn't much more to it - I found the characterisation to be a little on the flat side, which is perhaps expected of a book that is relatively short and aimed for a younger audience. I also thought the whole incident with Noé went a little unresolved, and I was a little irritated by the "happy for all" kind of ending. The pace was rather slow at times, too. Still, it was a good read on a hot summer's day, and if you're looking for some light historical fiction, this book is worth reading.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb!!!,
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This review is from: Daughter of Venice (Paperback)
I couldn't put it down! Was so engrossed in the world of ancient Venice... I love the city, that's why I decided to read this book, but Donata's world is so different and interesting.
I read the book in one go in one day, and pity now that there are no more books about Donata and her Venice. If you liked that book, I'd recommend Mary Hoffman's trilogy of "Stravaganza" books, it has a bit of fantasy, but mostly is about similar time in ancient Italy: Venice, Florence and Rome. And it involves mostly teens too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
cleverly concocted tale of bygone ages & nunnerys,
By Kotori (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Daughter of Venice (Paperback)
Exciting, engrossing tense and delicious This rich tapestry of words will intrigue and delight - drawing one into the cleverly concocted world of Venice in it's heyday. Intense Donata lives a circumscribed life, hung about with conventions and prohibitions until she begins to wrest a little more from life by seeking adventures and conspiring with her sisters to acheive some equality in a world which is arranged for the comfort of men, and daughters left over get sent to convents. A gracious mother and kind father unbend enough to allow Donata and her sisters & brothers careers and paths which suit their temperaments in a most compassionate way Having read many of Donna Jo Napoli's other novels themed upon old fairytales, I kept trying to guess which old story she might have taken her inspiration this time - it kept me guessing right up until the last half, when I concluded this is a fresh! tale. Fascinating!
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