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annabelja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Violence and Emotional abuse
juanat77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Cancer, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
smill12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
elvenpanther's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief
taracoleman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness
amelianotthepilot's review against another edition
3.0
our main character Iris, is a chef from London, her mother has recently passed away and she’s escaped a manipulative ex boyfriend and now is living in NYC trying to live the dream. She’s found work at a noodle restaurant who’s owner is her gay male best friend 🙄 (what a tired trope) and she also lives in the building. After a series of events she ends up helping our leading man, Gio, an italian american restaurant owner, figure out his family’s lost gelato recipe which Iris happens to know.
first off it starts with a random chapter set on valentine’s day of Iris being rude to a random man (guess who this turns out to be) cause he took the last book at a bookstore.
The book then jump cuts to September’s San Genarro festival in Little Italy and doesn’t bring up this bookshop moment until wayyyy later at which point I literally thought it wasn’t coming back.
I also feel like there was a weird confusion around her parents and the love interest’s parents that left me thinking half of the book that this might turn out to be an incest plot 🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♀️ maybe i just wasn’t paying attention enough but Iris’s mother was in a band together with two men who were a guitarist and a drummer. Her mother also dated one of the guitarist’s brother, who is the restaurant owner and Gio’s uncle that he calls papa. For me it was unclear that Iris’s mother had the baby with the drummer not the guitarist, and that the guitarist is Gio’s dad. Very confusing tbh and I spent have the book in fear it was incest
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Dementia, and Grief
glscherz's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
wellreadmegs's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
The Belotti family was a real gem and I loved hearing about the entire family. I do wish there were more flashbacks to Iris' mom in the book because I liked hearing about her that way. Although the book started a little slow & the prologue felt slightly out of place, I fell in love with these characters and the rest of the book breezed by.
You are actually required to eat gelato when reading this book - I don't make the rules. Overall I really enjoyed how warm & cozy this book felt. I felt as though Silver was getting back to her roots of One Day In December which is what made me fall in love with Silver's writing to begin with!
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
ebroeffle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
ksolesby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death