The first story had me so convinced I was going to hate the rest, but I didn't, the two in the middle were quite enjoyable.

It began off. I can admit the lady of the first story was a smart one and Andreuccio an absolute fool for believing himself so high up, but as a whole the story annoyed me more than anything.

The second one, I enjoyed. Messer Ricciardo was a pathetic excuse of a man and I totally get his wifes decision of staying with Paganino. I, too, would choose drowning in pleasure with a fourteenth century bad boy than with a rich guy that'd leave me to dry... and that takes me to story three, which I also enjoyed; I don't condone cheating but, eh, sometimes priests are just hotter, even if they're a little bit full of themselves. There's just something about sinning and the whole aspect of religion that gets me going a little...

But the last story...? I'm giving it half a star because in a way I enjoyed the sociopathy of it all but at the same time, ya gotta just be sick in the head. Planning to test that poor woman's patience and servitude for over a decade? Old man needed to be put down, seriously, and the fact that he got to enjoy a happily ever after... Had I been that woman his head would've rolled in front of the children, who, by the way, weren't even made aware of anything?! That's gonna be some trauma.

As per his writing: eh. I liked the euphemisms and the sexual descriptions were kinda funny but not histerically so. It was the 1300s and the roles of the time are clear. Bioccaccio is fine, but didn't intrigue me enough to read his full work.