Reviews - The Amalfi Curse

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The Amalfi Curse

Sarah Penner, Sarah Penner

3.89 AVERAGE

librarieren's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

erinbushnell's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kristabarkman's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

atalantaand2's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

verysmallcrumbs's review against another edition

3.5

The kind of book that makes you wish you were reading it on a beach with an aperol spritz in hand.

Not perfect, but really enjoyable. It's a story with grief, romance, mystery, intrigue, magical realism, commentary on the frustrations of working in academia, and dual-timeline historical fiction all packaged fairly neatly in ~300 pages.

A couple of personal notes:
-I cringed a little when Sarah had characters eating olives straight from the tree. Yuck, girl!!!
-I'm a dual-timeline enjoyer, so I was fine with the formatting and multiple perspectives, but I will admit that I was far more interested in the past timeline than I was in the present.
-One set of lines in particular ("(view spoiler)") had me kickin' my feet giggling and misty-eyed.
-I think the ending would've been much stronger without the epilogue, but maybe that's a me thing.
-I think the addition of recipes is a very cute touch.

If you're looking for a medium-pace, easy-to-digest, summery read, give this a shot!