I really enjoyed the writing style, it felt very lyrical and poetic, but unfortunately, the story didn't completely grip me - I didn't particularly care for her breakup or her new potential love interest.

Such a stylish debut, I've never wanted to live in a book more than I did Six Days in Rome. So transporting, evocative, I didn't want it to end!

With vivid descriptions and interesting characters this was a good read. I found myself longing for a holiday to Italy at times which was the unexpected curse of this book!

Brilliant read, I read it while in Rome so it was even more interesting!!

Thanks so much to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

“Six Days in Rome” is a novel about reckoning with complex pasts and choices made - and finding what you didn’t know you were looking for.

You can’t help but be truly immersed in this novel, due to the superb writing by this debut author Francesca Giacco and to be instantly transported to the breathtakingly beautiful city of Rome, with its incredible ancient history, art, architecture and flavoursome food and drink. I found myself a quiet corner with peace and relaxation and mentally carried myself away to the hauntingly atmospheric Roman setting.

Narrated in the first person by Emilia, an artist who arrives in Rome alone following the sudden break up of her relationship with a man who was harbouring a huge secret from her. Planning on keeping to the itinerary that she and Michael created together and visiting the restaurants and bars that he recommended, Emilia spends the six days wandering the Roman streets, reflecting on her life and family and her emotions regarding her recent romance.

I became Emilia, I was in her head, her heart and her body and I was with her every minute during her stay in one of the most famous cities in the world. The author’s personifications and use of all figurative language together with the intense observations of people, places, sights and sounds made this story so much more and if descriptive literary women’s fiction is your interest, you’ll sure to enjoy reading “Six Days in Rome”.

Francesca Giacco is a graduate of Barnard College and the MFA program at Columbia University. She lives in New York. “Six Days in Rome” is her first novel.

#SixDaysInRome - 4 stars

If you want to be transported to the streets of Rome, then look no further! The author has done a wonderful job of creating a wonderful story around the reminiscing of a single woman who finds herself in Rome on holiday - a holiday planned for two....

Emilia is American and using this break as a way to come to terms with the events of the previous months. Finding herself single and questioning decisions made, she spends the days looking back over her past - relationships, both family and romantically - and it's quite eye opening for her as she starts to see things in a different light.

Meeting different people while she's away allows her to open up and shows the quirks of life that certain people come into your life at different times for various reasons. This trip was her way of moving on, but it also allows her the time and space to make sense of things that happened and how being in a relationship changed her, and not for the best!

I loved the whole aura of this book - the attention to detail was perfect and had such a relaxed feel to it that it felt calming to read!

Emilia is in Rome on a trip that was planned with her recent ex-boyfriend. He was a married man and has returned to his wife. Emilia is doing some of the things that they had planned to do together when she meets John, an American living in Rome. He takes her out to dinner and they end up having a "thing" as she is only in Rome for 6 days.
Throughout the book we see her thoughts on her family and her ex boyfriend through her retrospective thoughts. her father is a famous folk singer and her mother is an unrealised artist. The ex is an author. She comes to realise that these relationships are not necessarily healthy and finds it upsetting.
I was drawn to this book as I've been to Rome and wanted to read the descriptions of the places so I could see them in my head. I have to say that I found it a bit drawn out and a bit indulgent in places.
A nice postcard of Rome.

It took me a little while to get into this book but once I did I couldn't stop. The sense of time and place the author creates is fantastic, just what you need in rainy England at the moment! The only thing letting it down for me was the main character slightly too often referencing her past relationship and the fact that I couldn't relate to her at all. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Six Days in Rome is a novel about reckoning with complex pasts and choices made - and finding what you didn't know you were looking for! This book was a thrilling ride from the beginning. The author’s style places the reader in the book in each scene for an entertaining journey. Awe-inspiring!

Difficult to get into. I struggled to identify with the main character and felt my interest waning the further I read, despite the eloquent descriptions of Rome.

I read this book really quickly, it was well written with a compelling and engaging storyline and well developed charcaters that were relatable and likeable. I loved the setting and all the imagery/descriptions within the book. I really enjoyed it.