A review by theleoheff
Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich

3.0

Spoiler

This will absolutely be a reread at some point. Most likely when I am tired of living in New York and wish to be anywhere but there.

Finished this in two days as I sat and tanned on my parents back patio (felt fitting) and while parts left me unsatisfied, the power of Gianfranco Calligarich’s writing is not something to deny.

My personal favorite quote: “But it’s always like that, we are what we are not because of the people we’ve met but because of those we’ve left.”

There’s no doubt that Leo Gazarra is incredible depressed throughout the entirety of the novel. Loneliness is brutal. But as depressing as the final few chapters were, it only felt fitting to end it as Calligarich did, calling back to the grandfather’s love of the ocean.

If I could give it a 3.5 I would and I will for sure give this a reread at some point in the future.