Kam
Okay, so. Mostly a charming, escapist read, with not a lot of thematic heft, but is entertaining enough.
I honestly don’t think there’s much to say about this book, except that it gets the job done. Which, I think, is my primary disappointment with it. I don’t always expect the books I read to have some kind of profound, earth-shattering thing to say, but I do want them to give me something to untangle, to give my brain something to chew on while it entertains me. And this book…does not give me even that. It’s kind of the equivalent of ultra-processed food: delicious, but nutritionally empty. Which is unfortunate because all the discussion of Italian food could have gone somewhere interesting, but it doesn’t go deeper than what the plot requires.
Overall, this is adequate for entertainment, but doesn’t offer much depth beyond surface entertainment, despite opportunities throughout the book to do so.
Originally posted at kamreadsandrecs.tumblr.com.
Okay, so. Mostly a charming, escapist read, with not a lot of thematic heft, but is entertaining enough.
I honestly don’t think there’s much to say about this book, except that it gets the job done. Which, I think, is my primary disappointment with it. I don’t always expect the books I read to have some kind of profound, earth-shattering thing to say, but I do want them to give me something to untangle, to give my brain something to chew on while it entertains me. And this book…does not give me even that. It’s kind of the equivalent of ultra-processed food: delicious, but nutritionally empty. Which is unfortunate because all the discussion of Italian food could have gone somewhere interesting, but it doesn’t go deeper than what the plot requires.
Overall, this is adequate for entertainment, but doesn’t offer much depth beyond surface entertainment, despite opportunities throughout the book to do so.
Originally posted at kamreadsandrecs.tumblr.com.