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Giovanni’s Room
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Start date
August 1, 2025
Finish date
August 31, 2025
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Online Reading Challenge: August 2025 Pick for Classic

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Stephanie
Jul 15, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2025-reads
Published in 1956, Giovanni's Room is the story of David, a young man living in Paris in the 1950s. Waiting for his fiancée Hella to return from a trip to Spain, David starts an affair with an Italian bartender named Giovanni. Said affair spans several months. Giovanni is passionate and clever, but something seems off. Soon the two find themselves living together in Giovanni's small room. David begins to feel stifled, while Giovanni repeatedly says that he won't survive if David leaves him. Duri ...more
Davenport Public Library Iowa
I just didn't like it. Our main character was a selfish jerk who only worried about himself. Toxic relationships everywhere and by the time the novel ended, he hadn't learned anything. Boo. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't do TOXIC. MEN.

- DPL staff member
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Claire Trimble
Sep 10, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Emily
Nov 18, 2024 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition