A. Scott (1)

I got this book to read and review from Library Thing. Seeing its popularity on Amazon, I had high hopes for this book. However, I had difficulty staying with it as I ploughed along through it and constantly was trying to understand what was going on and how it all fit together. The author has written a big mixture of past and present, which made it tough to follow and understand. I really felt lost the first several pages. It got easier after that, but never did become a quick, easy read for me. The plot involves a curse on all the women in a family which leads them to unfulfilled marriages where one person in the relationship, usually the man, cheats on the other. The main character returns to her ancestral home in Italy to try to break the curse. I found the book filled with a lot of good descriptions of the areas, but still tough to follow and really understand as well as not engaging me, as the reader. I finally finished the book, but can neither recommend it nor give it a higher rating than two stars.… (altro)