A review by jillysmith
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This isn't a story so much as a mediation on why we write stories and how they are consumed. Strangely prescient in the age of AI as it ruminates on plagiarism, automated reading, and the publishing industry. A product of its time in terms of misogyny etc, and frustrating when it jumps from story to story, but definitely an unforgettable treatise on the adventure of reading
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