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Ancora vita

Sarah Winman

4.24 AVERAGE

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

A great and unexpected airport purchase. Once I became fully absorbed in this story (it took about 100 pages), it was beautiful and the characters are so endearing.
lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
emotional funny hopeful informative 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: Complicated
hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

Everything about this was better than I expected, though some of the humor elements got old over time and the cross-current with war times is just not my cup of tea. It is really good at framing ordinary scenes with empathy and personalities that really pop off the page. Top-of-the-line character work made this breezy.

Also, the audiobook is exceptionally narrated. Very much recommend consuming it that way. Who knew someone could articulate that many different voices? Always astounded when you come by a talented narrator like that.
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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
emotional 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