Review: Authentic and engaging!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
When a friend recommended this story to me, I didn't think I would be at all interested. It's far from my preferred genres and I have zero interest in opera. And what guy wants to read about castration?But after just a few pages in, I found myself believing that I was reading a story by a young Italian male. I even had to double-check to make sure that I was correct about the author being a female. Through most of the story, I was unaware of the time period it took place in and I was certain that the author must've known someone who had this experience in order to write so believably well about it.There are typos in this book and at least one of them causes the narrator to say the opposite of what was intended, but other than that, I was not annoyed as I would usually be by poor editing, but in this case, it actually works in the book's favor. It adds to the authenticity of an Italian speaker telling his tale in imperfect English, although this was not intended. However, I do think the author should have the book re-edited because she is such a good writer and her work should be presented in the best possible light so as not to do her talent an injustice.This is a short and interesting and very believable read. I highly recommend it and can't wait to see what Giovanna Pezzulo does next.