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Ancora vita

Sarah Winman

4.25 AVERAGE

gcpisani's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

brittanya91's review against another edition

4.0

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I feel I don’t even know where to begin with this book. It took me an extraordinarily long time to read it, mostly because I picked it up ad hoc on my iPad but also I felt I couldn’t binge read it.
I found the lack of quotation marks and structure around people talking actually really stressful because it flowed on so much I felt I was just reading so fast with it - too fast!
However the story itself is genuinely so beautiful, with memorable characters (special shout out Evelyn and Cress).
A story spanning decades of grief and loss but also unbreakable friendship and love - both platonic and romantic.
It made me pine for Italy tremendously.

sarah_readinglog's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

mayagrace's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

kpaz's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

avkatz's review against another edition

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Weird dialogue choices with the topics at the beginning and no quotation marks. I was bored and not interested in the start.

artist_lace's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hegesteindal74's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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A lovely read.

brokenmilkshake's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging 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

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The most beautifully written book I’ve ever read

loujbee's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It’s my annual reread of Still Life. I still love it, find things I’ve missed or forgotten, laugh out loud and cry.