This one is probably more of a 3.5 for me, but I'm still trying to process whether I liked the book and if I'd recommend it to others. It reads very easily, I got through most of it in one afternoon. I think I expected more from the blurb on the book flap. Though the novel is titled The Miniaturist, I felt that the miniaturist and their contributions to Nella's dollhouse were not as integrated as I thought they would be.

After receiving a miniature version of her new home from her husband, Nella hires a miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse. Despite never meeting the miniaturist, they have an uncanny ability to make exact replications of the items, animals, and even people in Nella's home. When Nella starts to notice the similarities between real life events with the items the miniaturist has provided, she begins to wonder if the miniaturist is a prophet or a witch.

I really thought that the miniaturist would have more of a front seat role in this book, but found them to be very secondary. The events of the book are fascinating, and may have even been more fascinating had there been no miniaturist at all. I kept waiting for answers and found myself wanting more at the end of the book. I do like ambiguous endings to an extent, but there were a lot of loose story lines that left too much to the imagination for my preference.