Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Love & Gelato. Vacanță la Florența

- this book was rlly cute!!
- HOWEVER, i watched the movie right after i finished it and it completely ruined it for me
- the characters and the storyline is 100000% better in the book, so skip the movie
- other than that, nice friends to lovers, overall very cute
- not a must read but why not

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itsmemiana's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? No

4.5

"So this is the Italy people were always talking about. No wonder people were always losing their minds over it."

" 'You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay is for the same two things' 'What?' 'Love and gelato' "

I read this book in Italy and I'm so glad I did, even tho I wasn't in Florence, I visited lots of cities in the north of Italy and some descriptions matched those cities perfectly. also one fun fact, I went by an RV and I can tell you that the joke about the way Italians drive is absolutely accurate 💀 but I also found some things in here that are not true about Italy, for example this books says they don't have a drinking age but they do, it's 18 years old like most if not all European countries and they mentioned like 2 or 3 times that it doesn't have "cutting edge technology", honestly what Italy are you at? that made it sound like Italy is a third world country 😭 and there were a few other small things, but besides that this book is absolutely adorable.

I loved all the main characters, they are all so cute and I loved Lina's relationship with and Ren and Howard, Howard was so adorable.

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gracemullender's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad 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? No

3.75

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greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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camrynswinamer's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-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

4.0

This book was very wholesome. I loved Howard and the relationship him and Lina were able to form, and even the way he treated Ren. Reading Hadley’s journals was a good way of getting another POV.

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