lover at the museum is a book about ,the bewitched lovers', what the detective named their case file over. its a book about two lovers who were lyign on the floor of a museum. one butt naked and the other in her wedding dress. how the cam there? they didn't. neither did they know each others names. the girl ran away from her wedding and the guy found her in the bar. and instant connection formed in between them and the fell in love.

lover at the museum is an unique book, i must say. with a fantasy and mystery elements a short book for when you are bored.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of Lovers at the Museum in exchange for an honest review. This is a very quick read with a fast pace, lots of fun and humour! As it’s so short, it is a little difficult to follow and easy to get lost.

Short but definitely not my favorite from her. Could have been a bit longer and more detailed. The story has the possibility to be more complex. I understand the purpose of the short story but even the story itself has every element needed I wanted more.

Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for an ARC of Lovers at the Museum in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The idea of crafting a love story set in a museum has been in my mind for quite some time. This book not only lived up to my expectations but also dazzled me with its exquisite prose and vivid imagery. I recommend it to fellow readers.

Allende is a good writer, but given her fame I did expect more from this short story which is slightly forgettable

Funny though but not immersive!

"He was determined to be delicate with the girl so as not to frighten her.

'Are you a whore?' he asked."

The way I cackled at that HAHAHA.

I feel like I have no idea what I just read but I know it's a magical realism take on love at first sight and meeting the right person delivered in a way that feels kinda strange.

★★★★ - 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

Lovers at the Museum by Isabel Allende
༘Spoiler free ༘
⭐️4/5
Short Story/Novella, General Fiction, Romance
➳ Forgotten Nights
➳ Magical Realism
➳ Love at first sight
➳ Grumpy detective
➳ Enchanted Art Museum
➳ Mystery
➳ Interrogations

✨ ““Can you imagine, Inspector? It was destiny. Everything is written in the stars. If I hadn’t escaped from the church and gone into that bar, I would have never met the love of my life,” the girl added. “That’s not love, woman, that’s drunken delirium, plain and simple. How do you explain the fact that you spent the whole night carousing in the museum and yet the security videos show nothing?” “Maybe we turned transparent,” Bibiña suggested. “Don’t be funny!” “I told you, Inspector, that place is enchanted.“ ✨
A delightful and quick almost ‘rom-com meets grumpy detective interrogation’ story filled with magical realism, lovely prose and a perplexing case of two lovers who woke up in an enchanted art museum with no recollection of their time spent there. This was cute and quirky, and left you wondering if this strange cold case will ever be solved, and wishing the two lovers a long and happy life together.

well, that was.... different, I guess? A short story about two disoriented lovers found in the Bilbao Guggenheim... has some magic realism, I guess... just meh for this reader, oh well. Thanks to NetGalley & the publisher for letting me read it.

Thank you Net Galley and publishers for letting me read and review this arc.

What a fun and short little story. I have more questions than answers, but there are so many interesting ways to interpret this one. Two strangers wake up in a museum in a lover's embrace. The guy is fully nude and the woman is dressed in a wedding gown. They tell the detective that the museum opened up before them to this magical place and were so enamored they made love all night. The detective knows this is false because the museum was locked and there's no footage from the security cameras, nor did any of the guards see anything weird when patrolling. But the lovers don't change their story and aren't lying. This story is only 25 pages but lots of details are packed into it. I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed it! I wish it was longer! If this book will turn into a novel, i would definetly read it! I love how direct the story is. If you enjoy the movie Night at the Museum, you would love this one!

Sorry to say that, but I find this story stupid. I didn’t get the elements of magical realism, because actually they were not. Yes, something “unrealistic ” happened in the story, but was it magical? The plot wasn’t explored enough to get that magical mesmerizing sensation and the conclusion of the story was very vague, closed ending without that satisfying afterthought.

Anyhow, thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy for an honest review.

Weird girl fiction lovers where you at?

Lovers at the museum is a short sureal tale concerning a night of passion between a bride that run away at the altar and the man she met at the bar who developed an adoration for her upon the first meeting, in a magical museum.

The story is 25 pages and the ending is left open although it is strongly presented by the narrative that the museum's magical capabilities are indeed true.

I really liked some parts of the story (especially the aesthetics of it) but it just wasn't truly special.

I really enjoyed this short and sweet story. It leaves you thinking and wanting more. Mystery, love and magic all within 25 pages. I thought it was well done.

This was a quirky short story about two lovers who, after having just met, are found asleep in the heavily guarded Guggenheim museum with no one being able to explain how they ended up there given lack of detection by video cameras or the elite security system. It is an alluring story of magical realism and it is believed that their passion and love for one another allowed the lovers to enter the museum undetected. The writing of Ms Allende is beautiful and incredibly prosaic. I have been wanting to read something of hers for awhile and while reading this certainly makes me want to explore her work further, this story didn't quite do it for me. I thought there were some questions of consent that were a little glossed over (the girl was clearly drunk/intoxicated while the man admitted he hadn't been drinking at all. I didn't love that). Also, the ending was so abrupt that it seemed to be rather an afterthought. Someone mentioned this story seemed like a fever dream, and I think that is an excellent descriptor. I do look forward to reading other works by Isabel Allende, though. This is a great intro to the author for anyone curious about her work.

A runaway bride connects with a man at a bar & they head over to the Guggenheim in Bilbao and enjoy a night of decadence and lovemaking. In the morning, they are found by a cleaning lady & promptly arrested. Both the man and the woman claim they were enchanted as soon as they entered the museum. They were never seen on the security monitors or spotted by anyone in the museum that evening.

This was a fun and cute short story. I like that the couple did fall in love after their magical evening. Period

Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Original Stories for a copy of this short story.

Allende has proven herself over and over that she is among one the greatest storytellers of our time. Lovers at the Museum does not disappoint. This dreamy short story is woven with rich characterization along side a mystical vibe. An enchanted museum in which the lovers spend an evening frolicking and connecting on a different plane. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and exchange for my review. #LoversattheMuseum #NetGalley

When Inspector Larramandi was assigned to investigate a case of two lovers found entwined in each other, covered by fabric of a wedding gown in the famed Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, his first instinct was this was an act of passion and a clear case of break and enter,

But things take a strange turn when they take the testimonies of the couple and find that till last night, the couple were both strangers to each other and the museum had a really strong security arrangement which is impossible to break into.

How did this couple get into the museum? Why didn’t the security alarm go off? How did these strangers meet, and ended up having a night so passionate, one reads about in books.

This story was delightfully short and leaves the door open for reader to imagine the phenomenon at work.

Rating - 3.8/5

I loved this sweet, strange, surreal, magical tale. I've been wanting to read this author and this is a great introduction. There's no point in reading the synopsis ahead of time because the story isn't the point as much as the magic. Very short, this beautiful story left me smiling.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

What a beautiful flight of fancy. I’ve always loved Allende’s writing; i can be carried away inside her stories and characters. Lovers at the Museum is the same. In the end, i want to imagine them spending their lives together and growing old in the glow of that magical night;

A strange little magical realism treated story that left me as confused about what it was about and what happened and how as it did when I started it.

Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing just didn’t expect to have no idea what was going on, going into this story.

The writing was okay -it felt a little clunky and plump in some instances ( for example at some point the police man wants to be careful and not too direct while questioning the suspect and says „are you a whore?“. Which, I mean I am not the expert at always knowing what’s okay to say kn any given situation but that’s not a particularly carefully worded way to start a conversation) which I Jeveraner if it was done purposely or not.


It was still an interesting if very strange read and if you have a few minutes and are interested, why not give it a quick read? It’s not even 30 pages!