Francesca Duranti

Not really what I expected. It won a bunch of prestigious awards so I thought I would read it. Fascinating - it gripped me most of the way through but seemed to fade and become slower at the end. Definitely not for children. I liked the earlier parts of the book most.

This book is very poetic, well written, literary and artistic.

For me it was a little too much of the above. It is beautifully crafted, has good character development, but is just too slow to develop and to uncover all those different layers of the different characters.

it's the kind of read you need to take your time to savor and need to think while you're reading. It's not a fast food of books.

This book is very poetic, well written, literary and artistic.

For me it was a little too much of the above. It is beautifully crafted, has good character development, but is just too slow to develop and to uncover all those different layers of the different characters.

it's the kind of read you need to take your time to savor and need to think while you're reading. It's not a fast food of books.

This book is very poetic, well written, literary and artistic.

For me it was a little too much of the above. It is beautifully crafted, has good character development, but is just too slow to develop and to uncover all those different layers of the different characters.

it's the kind of read you need to take your time to savor and need to think while you're reading. It's not a fast food of books.