lydialog 's review for:

The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

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I put off reading this for months because it never felt like the right time. It’s whimsical and sometimes nonsensical and overly semantic but on a sentence level Calvino is captivating as always. Being a collection of stories there are some real highs and lows - my favorites were the moon cheese, the betting on cosmic & world events, and the count of monte cristo. The beginning is definitely the strongest part, when Qfwfq seems to have an actual narrative arc going. Was gonna be 4 stars but the ending dragged. Overall solid but not nearly on the level of Invisible Cities or even If on a winter’s night a traveler.