shefloreads 's review for:

The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

3.0

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This book is at once a story of Venice with a rich description of its culture, people, and history as well as a specific tale of the aftermath surrounding the fire that demolished their world class opera house. While I enjoyed following the author down many side roads (alleys, in this case) of the history of this city, some of his digressions went too far off the main story and mystery of the fire. I picked this book up and put it down many times until I finished it with a smidgen of relief.