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A review by shakespeareandspice
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
3.0
I hate to say I abandoned or DNF'd this but I just couldn't read any more. I'm happy to have to read the book til day 7 and story 2. The stories were often repetitive and despite the fact that each day offers a different theme, some of the stories easily overlapped and I got to the point where I have no idea what characters feature in which story or which story is even told by which person.
I did try to leave days in between the days and then the stories themselves but overall I am still not in the mood to read this entire book. Quite a few of the stories were also either a) just not good or b) not pleasant to read. (Some also made fun of women in such a crude way that it soured me a bit. And yes, I am aware that this is book written in the 14th century, but that doesn't make the reading any easier).
I am glad to have read as much as I did and am content to leave it there.
I did try to leave days in between the days and then the stories themselves but overall I am still not in the mood to read this entire book. Quite a few of the stories were also either a) just not good or b) not pleasant to read. (Some also made fun of women in such a crude way that it soured me a bit. And yes, I am aware that this is book written in the 14th century, but that doesn't make the reading any easier).
I am glad to have read as much as I did and am content to leave it there.