Review: Stunning and original - shows great promise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
The strength of this novel is undoubtedly in the writing, where the author describes quite remarkably the Italian landscape, atmosphere, the city, and Italian culture - it is extremely rich in language and quite original.I found the novel to be both absorbing and appealing, a measure of the writer's  talent.The story itself is difficult to classify - is it a a love story, or a thriller? For this reason, the novel is not easy to categorise. As a result it is not always consistent. The author establishes relationship but, for me, relationships that change in an odd way. The final development, and end of the book, I did not really like, nor find too credible.Yet this does not take anything away from the author's talent. Overall, I liked the writing style. The plot is the area that needs to be improved, but if this is one of the authors first novels, then this is something that can only improve with time, and therefore shows great promise.The book really does evoke a very atmospheric portrayal of Italian life as it changes through the seasons. Bravisimmo, Mr. Narendra Simone, I hope you write more books.