I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
by Giulia Melucci
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Author: Giulia MelucciEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-08
ISBN: 0446534420
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Reviews of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti
Book Review: 3 and a half stars - good but not great
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a cute book, but it has the feel of a journal more than a book. It doesn't clip right along, making me want to turn pages. It's more like a record of what happened, and could have benefited from some judicious editing, because there's good stuff here. She just goes on too long, like a friend who tells long stories. You're interested, you care...but you wish she'd get to the point.
For example: "The weekend was cloudy, and I was trapped in that mental prison known as waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring. I checked my cell phone every two minutes. Saturday night, I called him. He had groused about my never calling, after all. I got only his voice mail. Sunday morning, I went to Mass to try to get some peace, but nothing worked. I scratched and scratched at a mosquito bite I probably got at that silly game."
She goes on to describe what she did the next day, the day after, and the day after, finally getting to the interesting part: the bad breakup email from the boyfriend on Wednesday.
I'd like to hear more from this author as I think she has real promise, and I love the focus on the food. But the narrative needs to be tighter. I liked the book, but I was not thinking about it during the day and looking forward to getting back to reading it each night. It just kind of sat there on my nightstand.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars.
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