Tay's Reviews > A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure

I really wanted to like this book. There were some passages that I loved. But ultimately, I was let down because the book cannot decide what it wants to be.

Her choice of language occasionally left me puzzled, and pulled me away from the story, wondering if she cared more about her flowery language than telling her story.

The number of days began to bother me as I read, wondering why there was a limit when they were talking about putting down roots and staying - was there some disaster waiting around the corner to ruin everything? A glance at the Table of Contents show me Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. I began to obsess over the fact that there was no way that was going to come out to 1000 days.

This book isn't really travel, nor culture, nor cookbook, nor memoir --- though it brings some of these things, only to snatch them away just as you are beginning to enjoy them.

I was particularly let down by the end, which I won't spoil for you, except to say I do not read this type of book hoping to be depressed.

On the other hand, some passages were so beautiful that I will probably read the previous book, which I understand is more cohesive.