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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
So far this is quite different from the movie, which I LOVED. Despite the differences, I also LOVED this book. I feel like I just visited Tuscany!
If you’re expecting it to be like the film you’ll be disappointed. A lot was changed but a lot was kept as well.
Her writing I thought was exquisite although the story wasn’t Hollywood blockbuster all the time I thought the way she wrote it was beautiful and captured what this part of the world does so well.
Her writing I thought was exquisite although the story wasn’t Hollywood blockbuster all the time I thought the way she wrote it was beautiful and captured what this part of the world does so well.
I had heard this book was boring. Clearly my reading tastes differ from that person because I was entranced. I found this poetic and beautiful. It blended renovation, cooking and biography. I loved it.
Good memoire about the Americana author's life in Italy. A very poor plot is balanced by good descriptions of landscape, food and Italian way of living/culture. In the end, I've found a perfect book about Italy that foreigners would love but gives again the usual stereotypes about my country that particularly Americans love that much. I wouldn't recommend it.
I loved reading the author's experience of restoring an old house in the Tuscan countryside, her recipes and absorbing Italian culture.
I think this would have been less enjoyable if I didn’t read most of it in Tuscany. It just got a bit boring and she comes off as a bit of a privileged asshole. Like pay your workers properly babe!!!!!!
slow-paced
I loved this book, what a wonderful read in Wisconsin winter! There were some sections that felt dated and probably would have been edited out if written today, but for the most part this book just shines.
I LOVED visiting Tuscany and can see why someone would pick up everything and move there! Such a lovely look at life in Italy and the joys of restoring an old house!
