A review by reibureibu
Ernesto by Umberto Saba

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Beautiful in its sheer plainspokenness, its direct capture of complex emotions that are somehow always much simpler than they appear to be (that is, such complexity being born of social mores) and somehow always much more affecting than they have the right to be. Perhaps that is as it should be, and Saba here simply shares how much simpler (and, of course, happier) life would were it so.