Lisa Scottoline's Eternal

geegerbee · ‎03-09-2010

I have read all her other books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Eternal has good reviews, but I just can't get into it. I don't like all the Italian words in it that I can't even pronounce. Have any of you read it?

SWEET · ‎03-09-2010

@geegerbee wrote:
I have read all her other books and thoroughly enjoyed them. Eternal has good reviews, but I just can't get into it. I don't like all the Italian words in it that I can't even pronounce. Have any of you read it?

@geegerbee

I loved it and finished it in 2 days. I'm so glad she wrote something different for a change and I hope she keeps on writing her series and something different like this one. As for the Italian words, I guess I didn't notice or didn't care.

KathyM23 · ‎11-20-2010

I always look forward to Lisa's books, but I was disappointed in Eternal. I do like books with a historical background and I'm sure Lisa researched this one and it would be a great story. But I just couldn't get into it, not because of the Italian words as I have many Italian family members and lived in a predominately Italian area and am familar with the background of the story, but there was something about this book that could not draw my interest enough to wade thru it, I tried but couldn't continue with it. It's back at the library hopefully the next person waiting for it will enjoy it.

pateacher · ‎04-16-2010

I enjoyed the book very much. It always amazes me how much of history I have learned through fiction.

sandy53 · ‎03-12-2010

I posted some thoughts in the monthly book thread, too, but I'll add to it here. I hesitated to read this book because I am tired of reading about World War 2. And the first few pages with all the Italian words didn't really excite me either. But I have read so many other books by this author that I knew I should give it a chance. I am glad I stuck with it and I especially liked the second half of the book. I do think it could have been shortened by 50-75 pages or more and still been good. I admit that I skimmed through some of the detail. I kept being amazed at how young the three main characters were as they went through all the tragedy.

I will say that the best WW2 book I have read in the last few years is Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. That one is set in Italy, too. I highly recommend it if you haven't read it yet.