Lydia Presley's Reviews > The Good Left Undone

It feels somewhat sacrilegious to give a Trigiani book 3 stars in a rating. I usually go off a few factors for rating: whether or not the book refuses to let me put it down, if I would recommend the book, and if I would read the book again (or consider it even).

Of those three criteria, only the second counted here. I don't mean to say that this book it's a beautiful piece of writing, because Trigiani doesn't disappoint there. Her prose is beautifully done--and maybe it's just that I'm done with historical fiction right now, but I just couldn't get into the story. I think the style of intertwining generations and "coincidence" has just gotten to me. I want to read real stories where the ending (happy or sad) happens because life happens. We don't get those often enough in books like this and I think that's where I leaned more toward three stars instead of four.

Is the book worth reading? Absolutely yes if you are a lover of all things historical fiction. As always, when I read a well-done historical novel I learned some things. But, quite frankly, I'm relieved to be done with this one and I'm ready to move on.