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mkmoore00 's review for:
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
by Italo Calvino
Some parts of this book deserve five stars, others deserve one, so I've settled on a rating of three stars. Overall, I enjoyed this book. It's not for the faint of heart and requires some focus to understand. Some chapters go on and on with beautiful lines, and then you get to the end and realize you have no idea what happened.
I loved some of the stories and hated others. Sometimes I loved the protagonist and other times I couldn't stand him. Calvino is clearly trying to say something about reading and identity and humanity, but he gets too meta to communicate what he means effectively. I didn't care for the secret agents and organizations plot, it just got in the way. Were Flannery's books written by aliens? Who's to say. Read with caution, but don't completely avoid this book; give it a shot!
I loved some of the stories and hated others. Sometimes I loved the protagonist and other times I couldn't stand him. Calvino is clearly trying to say something about reading and identity and humanity, but he gets too meta to communicate what he means effectively. I didn't care for the secret agents and organizations plot, it just got in the way. Were Flannery's books written by aliens? Who's to say. Read with caution, but don't completely avoid this book; give it a shot!