trulyscrumptious 's review for:

Still Life by Sarah Winman

5.0

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Recommended by a friend when I was about to travel to Italy by train. There are various levels that you can access Still Life; it's a romance, yes. A war story, yes. A cultural insight, yes. Historically and artistically interesting (did you know Florence has flooded, badly, more than once?) The characters ebb and flow a bit and if you like a line from A to B in your main arc of plot then this might frustrate you. And there's a big chunk set in a London pub quite early on, which nearly diverted me (not sure why). Persevere though and everything comes good in the end:)