Reviews - Last Summer in the City

463 reviews for:

Last Summer in the City

Gianfranco Calligarich

3.64 AVERAGE

akemppi's review against another edition

4.0

ignorando il fatto che è ovvio che calligarich non abbia mai incontrato una donna, scrive molto bene e sinceramente ho un debole per queste storie à la dolce vita, grande bellezza

miaumaa's review against another edition

3.25

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zerolss's review against another edition

2.25

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

The writing was beautiful and completely wasted on this empty shell of a story. It felt like it was trying to be the italian Great Gatsby but the class commentary felt shallow and redundant. The characters were all extremely unlikeable and somehow also extremely boring, including the main character who was insufferable. The author made non stop references to other classic texts that felt like when modern books namedrop popular TV shows. The perspective was painfully male, the women were horribly written, and the author brushed aside instances of unwanted sexual advances too easily. I liked the descriptions of Rome but even that felt very flat, it was always some bar they went to and some café and some rich person's house, there was nothing unique that could distinguish Rome as special even though to the main character it clearly was. I'm glad to finally be finished.

kylesbooks's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amywilliams's review against another edition

3.0

(3.25/5) - whilst i didn't connect with the story, the writing was stunning! i'm honestly not sure i could give a summary of specific happenings in this book - it was all very generic and hard to follow as i was not particularly invested. but the language! and this is only a translation - i can't begin to imagine how beautiful this book is in italian.