Book Review: The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova

Kostova's story is rich, layered and in so many ways its own literary painting. Plunged deep into the mystery of way famous painter, Robert Oliver, would attack a painting in the National Gallery, psychiatrist Robert Marlow quickly becomes obsessed with finding out why and unlocking the emotional and psychological torment that plagues his latest patient.

Fans of Kostova's first book, The Historian, will enjoy the long, languid way that she wrote her second book, filling it with detail and mystery taking the reader from the 20th century back to the 19th, from the United States to the coasts of Normandy through budding first love to last love while carefully and intricately weaving a web that interlaces past and present.

Overall, Kostova's second book is a heavy read with a lot of detail that at times can be too much to take in, but it is worth the read in the end.

Score: 4 out of 5
Book Information: The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova was originally published in April 2010 through Little, Brown and Company. It is available for purchase with ISBN 1847442404.