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A review by businesswife
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This is a great nonfiction book. If you are not a nonfiction reader but want to try one this would be a great one to give a chance to. Especially if you could go to or have been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met). I live in New York and this book made me want to visit the museum and look for everything Patrick talked about throughout the book, it is so beautiful. He also narrated the audio book which I really enjoyed.
Plot: for a nonfiction the plot it actually amazing, this follows Patrick's life as he deals with the grief of losing his brother to illness. While he learns to continue living he gets what he thinks will be a very just a job job and finds that he falls in love with art and history while learning to live his life outside of his work. This is a gorgeous look at the museum and the history it holds, day to day boredom of being a guard at the Met but also things you would never see or consider as a visitor. You also see intimate glimpses of him and his wife falling in love and having children.
People: Instead of characters the people in this book are very real and maybe even more colorful then some fiction book characters. They are from all around the world an their stories are diverse and amazing. I learned about other countries and also about more places from Patrick learning about where the guards in the Met are from originally.
In short this book is phenomenal and made me feel a lot about art and life. Its about a lot grief, living a bit slower sometimes, and finding beauty in your everyday life. I highly recommend this in either form. I tend to consume nonfiction in the audio book and this one was great and available through the library.
Plot: for a nonfiction the plot it actually amazing, this follows Patrick's life as he deals with the grief of losing his brother to illness. While he learns to continue living he gets what he thinks will be a very just a job job and finds that he falls in love with art and history while learning to live his life outside of his work. This is a gorgeous look at the museum and the history it holds, day to day boredom of being a guard at the Met but also things you would never see or consider as a visitor. You also see intimate glimpses of him and his wife falling in love and having children.
People: Instead of characters the people in this book are very real and maybe even more colorful then some fiction book characters. They are from all around the world an their stories are diverse and amazing. I learned about other countries and also about more places from Patrick learning about where the guards in the Met are from originally.
In short this book is phenomenal and made me feel a lot about art and life. Its about a lot grief, living a bit slower sometimes, and finding beauty in your everyday life. I highly recommend this in either form. I tend to consume nonfiction in the audio book and this one was great and available through the library.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief