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Ancora vita

Sarah Winman

4.24 AVERAGE

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

A beautiful novel that feels like you’re part of the group yourself. It was warming and heart-felt while also tugging at the heartstrings jut enough.
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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: Yes
adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Unfortunately I didn’t finish this one. Abandoning a book is RARE for me. Meandering, VERBOSE writing, random Italian words, not to mention the lack of punctuation, made “Still Life” an absolute chore for me to consume. Additionally, none of the characters had ANY depth whatsoever in my opinion. I read 60% of the novel and still didn’t care about any of them? This style of writing and storytelling just isn’t my taste.

Putting this in the *not for me* category, unfortunately.
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Where do I even start? This book is so stunningly, beautifully written. It's moving, it's funny, it's heart warming. It's full of love and simplicity and complexity. The writing makes every day things so poetic. Just read it.