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Pros & Cons
Pros
If you need a light fun read or are pining for italy this is the book for you. Without jet-lag or the need for social distancing, this book is the perfect book. Authentic depiction of the emotional turmoil following a family death.
The slow-burn was done really well and definitely pays off in the end. It's pretty much exactly the kind of book i strive to write every time i plot out a new story. Highly recommended, especially for a light, and clean storyline. Nice blend of comedy... Read More
Ava learns about her mother through the lense of other people and runs all around california to do it. I really recommend this book for high schoolers and any adult who is looking for a fun, easy read. A wonderfully written summer feeling read is just... Read More
Lina and ren's relationship is so wholesome and paced beautifully. Entertainingly written in the first person, lina is terribly sad about the loss of her mother and unsure of her future.
Lina discovers more than she expected as she explores, following in the decades-old footsteps she discovers in her mother’s journal. Lina is essentially in ava's shoes except lina has a journal that her mother wrote explaining everything.
Cons
There was even a scene where the main character is being inappropriately touched by a stranger. Dull, cringe worthy and predictable.
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Quality
I was fully invested in the heroines struggles from the very first chapter and i loved the ways welch braided the love story wi... Read More
I just felt for her so deeply
Soon after lena arrived in italy she was presented with the journal her mother kept while living there herself
Everything unfolded with time and effort grounding the read in reality even while were swept into a beautiful location experien... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The slowburn was done really well and definitely pays off in the end
Competitiveness
I purchased this book from half priced books and read it with my bestie mycornerforbooksand
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- This product had a total of 2,344 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 30 2022.
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Its a book that unfolds its story with seeming simplicity and infectious joy even while profound grief and discomfort in the unknown colour the central voice
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It was a fairly clean read with some cuss words and one little heated scene but it wasnt detailed and ended in one paragraph
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I just couldn’t get into at least 5 books
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So i hurried to my library website to see if any of her other books were available
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Yes it would have completely spoiled things if it was done differently
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The plot was perhaps not the most original
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Not the least of which was the house lena moved into in italy in the middle of an american memorial cemetery
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