Six Days in Rome

Sadly this was a DNF for me. I made it to page 150 before I just had to let it go.

Six days in Rome is a slow burn written in the form of stream of consciousness. This made the storyline hard to follow at times as the narrator would jump back in time to various points out of nowhere, or she would jump around as present actions were happening. For example, Emilia was on the phone with her brother having a conversation, then she is all of a sudden in a bookstore looking around without the author having ended their phone call.

Up to the point I read most of the story had taken place in the past as Emilia reminisced about her ex-boyfriend, art and family. I felt like a lot of unnecessary information was given, and it ultimately detracted from the story and character development. By the time I hit page 150 nothing had happened and I wasn’t invested.

I did enjoy the setting and atmospheric writing. While following Emilia through Rome I felt that I was right there with her and it was a wonderful escape.