Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way

I enjoyed this book, though I wouldn't read it again. I appreciated the imagery of Italy, the transformation that the author went through, and all the friends she made along the way. What I didn't like was the constant mention of her creepy Italian boyfriend's dick - not only did she describe him as basically an Italian Austin Powers (which scarred me enough as it was), but she insisted on detailing their sex life ad nauseam. He was a gross and abusive person, and as such, I felt that he didn't deserve the level of detail and focus that he received. Instead, the eventual love of her life got only a few chapters at the end - and even then it's rounded off by another sighting of Italian Austin Powers.

If you like Eat, Pray, Love and other books of that nature, this will be a fun read for you. But just keep in mind that there are a lot of unnecessary adjectives involved when it comes to her sex life.