A review by literatureaesthetic
The Italian by T.L. Swan

2.0

This book is the cringiest thing i have ever read. The male love interest was awful, he was abusive and irritating and i lost count at how many times he had gaslighted Olivia, the main character. He was so immature and had the most stupid double-standards.... just no. This couple broke up like 6 times over really bizarre, random things and it made no sense to me, I'm not even fucking kidding. And don't even get me started on the amount of Italian stereotypes in this book, or the incest plotline that was never resolved, oh god.......

I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous certain scenes in this book were. The fact that the author was being deadass serious when writing them, and that it isn't satire, is insane to me. Extremely cringey, unrealistic and ridiculous, i definitely would NOT recommend this book, or ever reread it tbh.