Blueprint initially appealed to me as I love a novel set in the art world. This explores the Bauhaus movement of the 1920s and follows Luise who leaves her father's conservative household in Berlin for Weimar's Bauhaus university, with dreams of studying architecture. But when she arrives and encounters a fractured social world of mystics and formalists, communists and fascists, the dichotomy between the rigid past and a hopeful future turns out to be a lot more muddled than she thought.

Blueprint focuses on art and belief, spirituality and technology at a fascinating period of history. I enjoyed the lead character and thought the prose and structure was strong. There is enough interesting plot to rise above the famous setting.

I DNFed this book at 40% as I couldn't connect to characters or being involved in the plot.
Maybe my expectations were too high or it's not my cup of tea.
The Bauhaus theme was interesting but not enough to keep my attention.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Time and time again the great ideas of the Bauhaus movement are pointed out, however more precise information is never provided, neither the author goes into depth, nor the narrator takes a stand; "Blueprint" is frighteningly poorly written, remains superficial right up to the end, the characters lack any depth and especially Luise reminds more of a spoiled child than of a young emancipated woman trying to make her way. She does not have to fight for anything, either things fall to her or life puts stones in her path and instead of rebel, she does what is expected of a woman of her class; she complies.
The history of Bauhaus is undoubtably versatile, exciting and intriguing, the novel doesn't do it justice, though.