A review by missyjohnson
The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

2.0

Not sure that Adriana Trigiani will be any of my want to read lists in the future. I found this book to be sappy, with poorly developed characters, disjointed and predictable. The cover says that it is three generations of women, One remarkable secret. I am not sure what three generations it is referring to as there are four generations focused on with only two that you know much about. I do not know what the remarkable secret was. There was nothing in the book that was remarkable as far as I read. There were gaps in the story that were frustrating and then too much info in areas that were unnecessary. After McVickers dies, the five years that Dominica lives in Scotland at the convent are not even discussed. It just jumps from being a widow and becoming a mother all during the war, then get on a train to Italy. some of the descriptors were annoying as well, for instance, when describing that the Italians had to go to the lower deck berths of the prisoner ship, they were in berths below the water line and the portholes were sealed shut, well duh. Any ship with portholes below the water line had better be sealed shut. Another was when one of the men was packing because he was being rounded up for being Italian in Scotland, he was able to remove his one extra shirt and one pair of underwear in order to make his homemade telescope fit in the suitcase. these lame attempts at tugging at emotion fell very flat......... I am just a bit aggravated that I wasted time on this.