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A review by jessicagpedro
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
4.0
"Naples is a strange city,” he says. “It’s in tatters in some places, absolutely run-down, but there’s also this persevering Mediterranean beauty, almost Grecian. It was the most bombed Italian city in World War Two and has a largely tragic history—a huge cholera epidemic, poverty, crime—but there’s this strength to this place and its people. I find that beauty next to decay is its own kind of stunning. You can really feel it when you’re there."
I'm absolutely in love with Rebecca Serle's writing, I could not stop reading this. The premise of the book is interesting and the scenarios descriptions are amazing - Italy, specially Naples and Positano, we gonna meet soon - I've felt like I was really being bathed by Italy's sun. Although the main character is frankly annoying and I don't connect much with the theme of the book, it was a well-written perspective of a co-dependence between mother and daughter and parent loss.
I love a good book where I almost hate the main character, but that doesn't make me enjoy less the book!
I'm absolutely in love with Rebecca Serle's writing, I could not stop reading this. The premise of the book is interesting and the scenarios descriptions are amazing - Italy, specially Naples and Positano, we gonna meet soon - I've felt like I was really being bathed by Italy's sun. Although the main character is frankly annoying and I don't connect much with the theme of the book, it was a well-written perspective of a co-dependence between mother and daughter and parent loss.
I love a good book where I almost hate the main character, but that doesn't make me enjoy less the book!