Review of 'La vita inizia quando trovi il libro giusto' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
This book really is poor, sorry. I don't feel comfortable writing bad reviews because I don't want to offend anyone (and who am I to judge something anyway?) but I also don't like being politically correct or dull. Something's bad, you gotta say it (in a far way). So, the idea was nice, which is why I picked it up, but the story is extremely banal.
I've read it in the Italian translation (more on this later) and I finished it nevertheless (I'm not sure why to be honest, I guess I never lost hope that it would turn to be actually an outstanding piece of literature in disguise). There's these ladies running a bookshop, one starts a leaving books on the local train line with post-its to potential readers, meets people, meets man, etc; the other has man, has troubles, etc. Full stop. With the added concentrate of banalities …
This book really is poor, sorry. I don't feel comfortable writing bad reviews because I don't want to offend anyone (and who am I to judge something anyway?) but I also don't like being politically correct or dull. Something's bad, you gotta say it (in a far way). So, the idea was nice, which is why I picked it up, but the story is extremely banal.
I've read it in the Italian translation (more on this later) and I finished it nevertheless (I'm not sure why to be honest, I guess I never lost hope that it would turn to be actually an outstanding piece of literature in disguise). There's these ladies running a bookshop, one starts a leaving books on the local train line with post-its to potential readers, meets people, meets man, etc; the other has man, has troubles, etc. Full stop. With the added concentrate of banalities and sentimental turns.
About the translation: at traits terrible, when it translates English idiomatic expressions word by word (was funny to read to be honest, and one of those things you'd only pick up if you know good English). I found it poor too, sorry again.