176 reviews for:

All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg

Natalia Ginzburg, Natalia Ginzburg

4.07 AVERAGE

michislibris's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alebrale's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mary1989's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

moran's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

readstamara's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

marianne92's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad slow-paced

frogwithlittlehammer's review against another edition

4.5

reflective sad slow-paced

---

(#3 translated fiction of 2023)

The southern Italians sure know how to paint a life. And a true testament to the art of translation because there is a very specific compelling urgency yet dryness conveyed in the never ending sentences describing all sorts of mundanity, even in English. Yet at the same time I’m envious of how melodically and syllabically harmonic it must read in the original. Maybe I’ll learn Italian haha. Anyway I love a book where amidst the background of fascism and revolution, love and human connection is the more terrifying thing. 

molly_kate's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

janiswong's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

I really wanted to enjoy this book as I like Ginzburg's work but I found the narrative to be to slow for my liking. It is definitely a book that's written to make you think and feel. While it did that, I found it to drag on quite slowly.

zoebza's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide