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sassolinosassoletto's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
sherbertwells's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
From his perch in the Italian treetops, the 18th-century nobleman Cosimo di Rondò becomes a hermit, a revolutionary, a philosopher and a lover to a capricious marquise. Despite a few old-fashioned ideas about women, Cosimo’s story is charming and adventurous: the perfect tale to read aloud, crumb by crumb.
“I follow the newspapers, I read books, I rack my brains, but the things that [Cosimo] wanted to say aren’t there, it’s something else that he meant, something that embraced everything, and he couldn’t say it in words but only by living as he lived. Only by being as ruthlessly himself as he was until his death could he give something to all men” (302)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Death of parent