Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on
Fair warning: this is one of my absolute favourite books of all time and there will be gushing in this review. If this scares you, turn away now!
For those of you who have discovered Marchetta's writing in the last couple of years, you're very lucky and spoilt for choice with all her books to choose from and read. When I first discovered Alibrandi, it was the ONLY book by Marchetta at the time and I remember wishing for more to read. I actually can't remember the first time I read this book, it was so long ago. The movie adaptation was released in 2000 and I reckon it was probably shortly before then, but I've re-read it so many times that I've lost count. However, last month I read it for the first time in at least eight years. Why so long, you may ask? In 2006, my Nonna died suddenly and I found it too hard to read this, because it reminded me too much of her and it hurt too much at the time. Over time, I've been too scared to read it again because I was scared the book would be ruined for me. I'm so glad that wasn't the case!
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