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Engaging Story, Not Too Heavy on Romance

Revisado: 12-24-23 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I listened to the audiobook, and I genuinely enjoyed it. It was well written, had a good storyline, and the performance was great. I liked how the focus was on the lives and drama of these two individuals, Sofia and Antonio, and how they navigated their own challenges. They did wind up having a romance in the story, but it didn't overshadow the rest of the story. I did enjoy the setting, New York City in 1903 with a heavy focus on Little Italy. I also liked many of the historical expressions, items, people and other references to the past, and I learned some things about what some of the Italian immigrants went through. Cindy Thomson obviously did a lot of research into this project.

My one issue is that, despite the historical context, the main characters had some very modern attitudes and perspectives that they probably would not have had during that time. For instance, Sofia believes that her mother needs to revisit the past in order to overcome some grief she is going through, which is indeed an advanced form of psychology and therapy. However, even if it did exist back then, the author emphasizes how isolated Sofia is and how she can't really read. So how would she have known about that method?

All in all, though, I did think it was a great story, and I would highly recommend it!

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