Book Review: Siracusa - D. Ephron

Unfortunately I was not taken by this novel at all. I did not like the characters, any of them, and I normally "need" to identify with one, at least partially, to really like a book. I did not like the style either, too much movie-script like for my liking.
I did not find it sophisticated at all, as I read in other reviews, I just found it quite sad and depressing and empty of any meaningful insight.

Overall rating:  5    Plot: 6   Writing style: 5    Cover:  7,5

Title: Siracusa

Author: Delia Ephron
Publisher: One World Publications
Pages: 304
Publication year: 2016

The Plot:

New Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Italy with their friends from Maine – Finn; his wife, Taylor; and their daughter, Snow. “From the beginning,” says Taylor, “it was a conspiracy for Lizzie and Finn to be together.” Told Rashomon-style in alternating points of view, the characters expose and stumble upon lies and infidelities past and present. Snow, ten years old and precociously drawn into a far more adult drama, becomes the catalyst for catastrophe as the novel explores collusion and betrayal in marriage. 

The Author:
Delia Ephron is a journalist, playwright and screenwriter (including the smash hit You’ve Got Mail), as well as a bestselling author of both novels and non-fiction. She lives in New York, and co-wrote the movies Michael, Bewitched and Hanging Up.