What the community thinks
summary of 1802 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Moderate
Cancer (2 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Toxic relationship (2 reviewers), and Grief (1 reviewer)Minor
Toxic relationship (1 reviewer) and Grief (1 reviewer)Moods
adventurous 52%
emotional 46%
funny 44%
hopeful 38%
relaxing 18%
inspiring 12%
mysterious 12%
reflective 12%
sad 10%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 46%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 46% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 26%Strong character development?
Yes: 69% | No: 11% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 9%Loveable characters?
Yes: 90% | No: 6% | It's complicated: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 48% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 23% | N/A: 5%Average rating
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Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.
But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.
People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.
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Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.
But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.
People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.
What the community thinks
summary of 1802 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Moderate
Cancer (2 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Toxic relationship (2 reviewers), and Grief (1 reviewer)Minor
Toxic relationship (1 reviewer) and Grief (1 reviewer)Moods
adventurous 52%
emotional 46%
funny 44%
hopeful 38%
relaxing 18%
inspiring 12%
mysterious 12%
reflective 12%
sad 10%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 46%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 46% | A mix: 26% | Plot: 26%Strong character development?
Yes: 69% | No: 11% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 9%Loveable characters?
Yes: 90% | No: 6% | It's complicated: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 48% | It's complicated: 23% | No: 23% | N/A: 5%Average rating