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The Death Of A Pope (2009)

by Piers Paul Read(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1586172956 (ISBN13: 9781586172954)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ignatius Press

review 1: One of the worst books ever written. He tries to imitate Hemingway's style but ends up writing stage directions. Just like a child's piano doesn't have the range of octaves to play anything meaningful or engage the listener, his continual tirade that the pope is responsible for Aids in Africa is boring, unoriginal, unimaginative, and unsupported by any facts. Major yawn. The ending is ridiculous. He spends the entire book building to the climax and then it totally fizzles. It's over before it's over. Did he run out of paper or what? And the rescue of the "heroine" is ludicrous because there is no reason for the federal agent to fall in love with her -- she was a major turn off to him when he had a conversation with her at the beginning of the book and they had zero ... morerelationship to make it believable. My entire book club hated this book and we spent the entire time ripping it apart. Don't even bother to line your bird cage with this one.
review 2: a good, fun story. nothing heavy, nothing dramatic. just a little intrigue around the selection of a new pope. However, in a refreshing change of pace, and the reason it's 4 stars, is the excellent way Read handles the teachings of the Catholic Church ~ with respect and without embarrassment. He doesn't shrink from bringing the very best arguments against the Church's teachings on the use of condoms in Africa or liberation theology in poorly-governed countries. His confidence in the Church's teachings is a real gift to the reader. less

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