Overall Girl with a Pearl Earning was a decent book. Solid historical-fiction that told the readers Tracy Chevalier's story on how Vermeer's famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting came to be. The thing that made this story only "decent" and not "great" is that many of the characters seemed dry. I feel like I never really got attached to any of the characters which is something I enjoy while reading. I don't feel any hatred to this story but I also feel no love. Maybe I will read this again to see if my opinion changes (since this was a book I had to read for school). One thing that I feel that Chevalier got perfectly is the art talk. As an artist I perfectly understand what Vermeer is talking about when he talks about colors. 
 Conclusion: GWAPE is a solid read and I would recommend it to any art enthusiast.