Reviews

Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens

river69rat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of those 5* books based purely on the immaculate vibes, just beautiful and fantastic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, and Chronic illness

soleade's review

Not enough action for what I want 

chiaramagkuchen's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.25

this felt like glorified historical fanfiction with an interesting narrator. I fell asleep twice during the audiobook and somehow didn’t miss much. It‘s somewhat educational tho 

jenny_brum's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

A bisexual ghost tells the story of her sorry life whilst we hear about Sand and Chopin. It was nicely evocative and a bit of a melodrama.

jflo's review

emotional sad tense

4.0

lottevanderpaelt's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pinkalpaca's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

lia_matcha's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

moss_martii's review

emotional hopeful relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

rhinaissance's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I want this to be a part of my 5 star reads, so instead of 4.5, it gets 5. 

Whew. What a book. I was engrossed from the first page. What a near perfectly written, beautiful, haunting (metaphorically and literally), romantic and heartbreaking story. I loved the omnipotent perspective of Blanca and passing time with her and the people she kept in her company. Nell gave us permission to feel every feeling from every perspective, and that is a delicate art. 

At first I was concerned about the ending based off some other reviews, but it ended as I thought it would and it had a very satisfactory parting note.

This will stay on my bookshelf <3