3.7k reviews for:

Still Life

Sarah Winman

4.24 AVERAGE

jaywithag's review against another edition

4.0

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Nothing happens in this novel, but it’s v wholesome

catrionaturnerbooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

drunk_on_books's review against another edition

4.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lindsayst's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jools_reads_rates's review against another edition

4.75

funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

elfie814's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookshappythoughts's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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Still Life
By Sarah Winman

Blurb
1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.

Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner, a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses’ chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life – and all those who love him back home in London – forever.

Uplifting, sweeping, and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family, and friendship.

I buddy read this book with a group of wonderful bookstagrammers, I listened to the audio, and I really enjoyed the...
🌸 Growth of characters 
🕍 The descriptive setting
✍️ The poetic writing
💕 The sense of community 
🖼 Loved the reference to art

It's a truly beautiful book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me!🤓

cado_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

annecaster's review against another edition

4.0

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Wat een prachtig boek. Ik moest heel erg inkomen op het begin, de schrijfstijl was voor mij “passief” en daardoor las het niet gemakkelijk weg. Maar eenmaal meegesleurd in het verhaal, met de vele wijze lessen en karakters die “groeien”, ben ik eigenlijk sip dat het eindigde. O, en na het lezen wil je gelijk een ticket boeken naar Italië dus wees gewaarschuwd.

rexiesmum's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes