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notlikethebeer 's review for:
Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition
by Frances Mayes
For the first time ever, I wish I could give half stars- I didn't dislike this book, but I didn't particularly like it either, so I would put it at a 2.5. Mostly it was just incredibly slow and difficult to read; at times I nearly DNFed it. The writing and descriptions of people and general place were gorgeous, but it got bogged down with details- whenever I thought I could picture Bramasole, there would be an overload of more information and I'd lose the image again. I don't think this was helped by a lot of the book being dedicated to the minutaie of house restoration, sometimes getting a little overly technical and long-winded. The recipes were fantastic though, and I wish there were more of them- I made the melted peppers over the weekend and adored them.