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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thoroughly enjoyed. Bit too cheeky of an ending for me. I didn't really get into it until about halfway. Very compelling and smart structure. Some really beautiful sentences and observations. Read this while grieving a relationship with a boy who did not appreciate me. Good friend during this heartache. Brought out some anger towards him. I loved this part of the book: "I thought I could hear the clinking of metal, like handcuffs. I went to the bathroom and wiped away what little makeup that was left on my face. I undressed and put on the same old nightie. As I lay under the covers, I felt grief well up inside me. It never left."
dark
emotional
funny
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Who can resist this short novel in which the main character, 66- year-old Nives, unfazed by her husband’s death, replaces him with a new house companion , Giacomina, a hen with a deformed claw. It’s a perfect change and all goes swimmingly until poor Giacomina goes into a hypnotic trance while watching a detergent commercial. What follows is the longest of telephone conversations between Nives and the Vet, an old acquaintance. It’s a conversation that turns out to be the real core of the story
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Incredibly entertaining. Like reading a soap opera, but everyone is Italian.
Nives is an older farming woman living with her husband of several decades in the country. When her husband dies suddenly, she brings a special needs chicken to live in her house with her for company. One day the chicken becomes transfixed while watching a Tide commercial, so Nives calls her local vet, Bocci, whom she grew up with and has known forever.
That’s the first 30 pages. What follows in the next 100 pages, right up to the end, is a wild ride of a phone call as the pair strolls down memory lane. It’s funny, aggravating, and sometimes touching. I gasped aloud multiple times.
Nives is an older farming woman living with her husband of several decades in the country. When her husband dies suddenly, she brings a special needs chicken to live in her house with her for company. One day the chicken becomes transfixed while watching a Tide commercial, so Nives calls her local vet, Bocci, whom she grew up with and has known forever.
That’s the first 30 pages. What follows in the next 100 pages, right up to the end, is a wild ride of a phone call as the pair strolls down memory lane. It’s funny, aggravating, and sometimes touching. I gasped aloud multiple times.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not usually my style of book but actually quite funny and loved the drama