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Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone

lisavierra's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

edie_falk's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.25

meyshka's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

corinnarobinson's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Preferred The Mortal and Immortal Life of the Girl from Milan
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_gwen's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

hydee's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

3.0

Why am I so into working class novels set in Naples?

ambershelf's review against another edition

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3.0

A fascinating read about a son and his memories of his late father. I really liked the setup of a conscious unreliable narrator. But it got very repetitive to the point I wanted to dnf. I think the book could’ve been 150-200 pages and convey the same message

megwoods1965's review against another edition

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Too dense right now 

mkearny's review against another edition

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2.0

I spent 6 hours of my life reading about a narcissist abusing his family in great detail.

nic_t_dlr's review against another edition

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3.0

This gets very slow and repetitive in the middle. I liked how the author did a character study of his narcissistic artist dad. The best parts were the ones about his dad’s childhood and about when he painted The Drinkers. This was very tedious though