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revamanda's review against another edition
2.0
For the first time ever I'm going to say it: The movie was better. It's not that I didn't like the book. I didn't like the writing style. Or all the talk about food. I mean, I get it - It's Italy but still. And I also felt that when she was describing something happening in Italy she'd go back to a past experience or to America or something, which is fine but I got confused and couldn't follow. Some part where way too descriptive and needed to be shorter. I skimmed the final 2 chapters because it was too descriptive and bounced from Italy back to home or past memories back to Italy. Too much. But seriously, the movie was better.
alreadyemily's review against another edition
3.0
Very pleasant read on themes that extends beyond a fondness for Italy.
myworldtoread's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.0
itsmecalib_'s review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
1.75
the girl who studied abroad in Europe makes it her whole personality and makes you read her boring ass journal about it
What I Liked:
- Italy
- in the summer
- Italian food
What I Didn’t Like:
- makes you hungry
- immense amount of privilege that just grinds your gears
- I just don’t care??? like, nothing happens. there’s no plot. but it also isn’t like big life lessons or inspiration or anything either.
- how jealous I am that she gets to summer in Italy
will still watch the movie though
What I Liked:
- Italy
- in the summer
- Italian food
What I Didn’t Like:
- makes you hungry
- immense amount of privilege that just grinds your gears
- I just don’t care??? like, nothing happens. there’s no plot. but it also isn’t like big life lessons or inspiration or anything either.
- how jealous I am that she gets to summer in Italy
will still watch the movie though
kmthomas06's review against another edition
3.0
This book made me want to a) go to Tuscany ASAP and b) learn how to cook like a Tuscan. Other than that though, I think I'll stick with the movie more often than not. It had a plot...this doesn't really. Then again, that isn't really the point so both stand uniquely on their own.
sydneys_literarylifestyle's review against another edition
Just boring might finish later just need to be in the right mood
leasummer's review against another edition
5.0
Read the book before the movie. Of course the book is amazingly better.
whitreadslit's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This was much less interesting than I thought it would be, unfortunately. I will say...for once I think the movie was better. She had beautiful descriptions of Tuscany though. Also, she should have gotten someone else to narrate the audiobook. But, it made me want to go to Italy, so mission accomplished.
3 Stars
3 Stars
bellawoo's review against another edition
1.0
It was a different economic and political climate in 1997. So perhaps it wasn't a good idea to read, in 2017, a book about a white, cis-hetero happily married female, who teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University and owns a condo by Alamo Square in SF, buy a summer home in Tuscany and leisurely restore it.
Oh yeah, if you're here because you liked the movie because she finds a second life in Italy after her expecting lesbian friend gifts her with a Gay and Away coach tour of Italy because her husband surprises her with a divorce and she's burnt out from the NYC grind.... yeah, that was about a different woman entirely.
Oh yeah, if you're here because you liked the movie because she finds a second life in Italy after her expecting lesbian friend gifts her with a Gay and Away coach tour of Italy because her husband surprises her with a divorce and she's burnt out from the NYC grind.... yeah, that was about a different woman entirely.