Reviews

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

laurafd's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

eko_hav's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

lindsayaunderwood's review

4.0

This book is deep. Like seriously seriously deep. And beautiful. Like seriously seriously beautiful. I wish I would have read it along with a class or for some other reason so that I would have had context for it. Loved imagining the cities. Very fantastical.

nkotek's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

jmcook's review

inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

karol_castro's review against another edition

reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

quakeherself's review

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

this book was so dense but the prose was beautiful i really wanted to love this book but it was a but of a slog when marco poli described some of the cities, while other descriptions were brilliant i loved the interactions between marco polo and kublai khan

khaliah's review against another edition

5.0

An absolutely lovely book. I don't think the English translation does it justice. This is the book that made me fall in love with Calvino. Some of the cities are more engaging than others, but I loved it just the same.

kashmiras's review

informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

leo_seven's review

adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5