paigers7 's review for:

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
5.0

Lovely, lovely novel from 2012 that goes back and forth between 1960s Italy and 2000s Hollywood, and many times and places in-between.

I went back and forth on the rating for this one because I had some issues, but ultimately:

1) The structure was incredible - how did he so successfully go back and forth between so many time periods and characters?

2) The ending was perfect and so satisfying.