jill 's review for:

Siracusa by Delia Ephron
3.0

I read this as part of my project to read more contemporary fiction set in Italy. Early on, I was put off by the unlikeability of all four main characters (or even five, if you count the daughter). Determined to stick with it, I eventually became engrossed enough in the “what will happen in Siracusa?” thread to mostly ignore my distaste for the characters. (Also, only Taylor is a caricature; the others are just mildly antipathetic.) Ephron wields well the tease and tension of the secret, and I applaud her managing to interweave 4 different POV characters into one cohesive tale.