panFlat writing style, unforgivable abundance of Italian spelling mistakes, exaggeration of Italian stereotypes, unnecessary use of Italian swear words, ridiculous sexual scenes, characters lacking any depth, oversexualized female characters, unsatisfying end.
Engaging food description and this is the reason I have added an additional star to the one I initially thought it deserved.
I feel like I've wasted my time so I would not recommend this book.
About to start #2 in last week's library book haul.
Been curious about this author and this book. This book is his first novel which is a modern version of Cyrano de Bergerac in the setting of a small restaurant in Italy. Romance and food...I'm intrigued. 🍝🍕🍨☕️🍷
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1. My favourite sub-genre. The tagged book is a retelling of Cyrano De Bergerac with Italian cooking (and recipes). I also love Like Water for Chocolate, and for factual foodie related books, Voracious by Carla Nicoletti describes recipes and food from lit.
2. Seafood
3. Aubergine
4. Christmas
5. Went to Las Iguanas for my birthday, Latin American influenced food. There's also a great Viatnamese restaurant in the next town.
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