A review by readingwithcake
Tribal Lores by Archimede Fusillo

3.0

Sooo for me this was basically the male version of Looking for Alibrandi, which was one of my favourite books growing up. I say male version but obviously it was different and I didn’t enjoy it as much as Alibrandi. The conflict felt by our main character, Frankie, was the main plot of the book, his internal struggle with his Italian heritage and trying to assimilate into the Australian way of life. I struggled with trying to figure out what era this was set in but I think it was the 90s? I wish that had been clearer as it would’ve helped with the story setting ( in my opinion). It was a nice read that looked at the strong family ties within Italian communities and I particularly enjoyed the wedding scene at the end. The ending definitely saved the book for me, I definitely don’t think it needed to be that big, cut half the book out and it would be a more enjoyable read.
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