A review by dr_amy_cooper
Innocence by Penelope Fitzgerald

2.0

Yeah, it was just okay. I am a big Penelope Fitzgerald fan, but maybe I didn't 'get' this one. Or maybe it was just not that wonderful. I think my problem was with the two main characters, Salvatore and Chiara. They just aren't sympathetic, or believable, in my opinion. Chiara is too impossibly innocent (hence the title) and sappy sweet. Salvatore is both super-cynical and seems to be struggling with an immense persecution complex. Also, we are supposed to believe that they fell truly, deeply in love after a brief conversation at the theater. I just didn't care what happened to them, to be honest, and I was pretty happy when the book ended.