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One Italian Summer
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bookshelves: audiobook, library-borrows, literary-fiction, tstl, time-travel-or-something-like-it, buddy-read-with-r, magical-realism
Oct 06, 2022
bookshelves: audiobook, library-borrows, literary-fiction, tstl, time-travel-or-something-like-it, buddy-read-with-r, magical-realism
2 Stars
Katy might just be the most self-centred, unobservant, naive ADULT heroine I’ve read all year. It hurt my brain to witness her personal revelations and vague search for connection.
Loved the Italian setting but the rest of it is just a no from me.
But I’ll tell you this much: I’d eagerly read a sequel where husband Eric divorces the shit out of Katy’s self-absorbed (view spoiler) arse and finds new love with someone who appreciates him and isn’t the most unconscionable twit to walk the Earth.
Katy might just be the most self-centred, unobservant, naive ADULT heroine I’ve read all year. It hurt my brain to witness her personal revelations and vague search for connection.
Loved the Italian setting but the rest of it is just a no from me.
But I’ll tell you this much: I’d eagerly read a sequel where husband Eric divorces the shit out of Katy’s self-absorbed (view spoiler) arse and finds new love with someone who appreciates him and isn’t the most unconscionable twit to walk the Earth.
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Reading Progress
January 7, 2022
– Shelved
January 7, 2022
– Shelved as:
to-read
October 4, 2022
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Started Reading
October 6, 2022
– Shelved as:
audiobook
October 6, 2022
– Shelved as:
library-borrows
October 6, 2022
– Shelved as:
literary-fiction
October 6, 2022
– Shelved as:
tstl
October 6, 2022
– Shelved as:
time-travel-or-something-like-it
October 7, 2022
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Finished Reading
January 31, 2023
– Shelved as:
buddy-read-with-r
February 5, 2024
– Shelved as:
magical-realism
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Oct 06, 2022 07:50PM
Omg I love this review - I am so glad to finally find someone who felt the same way! I tried to be nice in my review because all my friends rated this 5 stars and I couldn't understand why! Eric deserved better!
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I started this and quit early on. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult is a fabulous story but the main is so similar and selfish that it's hard to take without your eyes rolling into the back of your head.
Jamie wrote: "Omg I love this review - I am so glad to finally find someone who felt the same way! I tried to be nice in my review..."LOL, thanks Jamie. You’re not alone, I promise! This had so much potential and I was expecting to spend a huge chunk of time crying (because like Katy, my mum is my favourite person in my life) but I didn’t feel the connection at all. Especially when she went on and on about how close they were, yet time and again she was surprised to realise her mum was a person all on her own� like, duh! That’s the sort of thing children think, not adults. She was so wildly naive and childlike. Plus, selfish AF. Hurt my brain. Blergh.
Danielle wrote: "I started this and quit early on. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult is a fabulous story but the main is so similar and selfish that it's hard to take without your eyes rolling into the back of you..."You might have had the right idea bailing early, Danielle. The last part was what annoyed me the most. I haven’t read a Picoult book in over a decade. About 10 books in I realised that, despite the solid writing and thought provoking themes, I basically never liked a single character, and that’s just not where I wanna be with my book picks anymore. Lol
Meags wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Omg I love this review - I am so glad to finally find someone who felt the same way! I tried to be nice in my review..."LOL, thanks Jamie. You’re not alone, I promise! This had so m..."
Yes I agree she was very child like! It was hard to read lol. The setting in Italy and time travel aspect had me so excited but I just couldn't read, I think I skimmed most of the end and was mad she got a hea lol
Jamie wrote: "…I skimmed most of the end and was mad she got a hea lol "😂 Yes! It was totally like that. I’m not sure what her growth was in the story at all, except her own revelations that she’s her own person� like, duh. And the whole I’m staying with Eric because I CHOOSE it thing. I was like, umm, you CHOSE it when you married him so how about don’t sound like you’re doing this guy a favour by following through on your wedding vows (view spoiler)!
😂😂😂 for real!!! Justice for Eric
Tess wrote: "😂😂😂 for real!!! Justice for Eric"Haha! Yes!! I knew I’d be having problems with this book when I was immediately feeling bad for the husband from chapter one! 😂
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You're being kind calling Katy an adult. 😂😁
Debra wrote: "You're being kind calling Katy an adult. 😂😁"Don’t I know it! She was insufferable! The praise for this one is mind boggling. 🤯
