Omerta

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Summary: Publisher should be embarassed
Review: This is one of the worst books I have ever read! It seems as if it was written as an outline for the real book which was never published. There was no suspense, no character development, and never caused me to care one way or the other about any of the characters. It was an insult to anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature

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Summary: Least favorite of the Trilogy
Review: Ok,I know Mario Puzo could never top THE GODFATHER,and THE LAST DON held my reading attention,but this book for me had not enough of a story. There is the usual Mafia hits,and a couple of small surprizes,but overall I thought it dull.

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Summary: The Final Edit
Review: Omerta reflects the tragic loss of Mario Puzo. With more time the characters would have become more real and more rounded. We may have cared about their fate and fortunes. Puzo was only able to project the beauty of Sicily, the richness of the soil and the smell of the olives. The settings are very real. Enjoy Omerta for that. Tolerate the flatness of the characters and their impact on the plot's weakness. Mario's final tribute would have been better with more time.

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Summary: More like "Gatsby" than "The Godfather."
Review: It isn't a novel; it's a screenplay, because it depends on the visual, not the narrative. This has been done before, by Dos Passos and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and when it is done well, it creates fast-paced action; when done badly, it produces thin characters with little motivation. That could be the case here, but I'm not sure, because I got the point. America has changed, again, and so have the wiseguys in it. Still, I have trouble believing that a "man of respect" could marry a woman that he had employed as a whore and decoy. Unless Puzo's point is that, finally, one don wised up enough to choose love over money and power! Read carefully; this book is more complex than it looks. It may have been written in haste, with one eye on the film rights, but so was "The Great Gatsby," whose characters are minimalist, too, by design.

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Summary: Rubbish!
Review: Ridiculous characters and even more riduculous plot. Don't waste your time.

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Summary: Homage to the Godfathers
Review: Omerta is an interesting fast read,provocative, and lively with surprise twists and turns. The main character Astorre is a complex character who is full of surprises. The beginning and middle of the book is very good, but the ending is a bit hurried and contrived. It will make an interesting movie and will pay homage to the late Mario Puzo.

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Summary: Disapointing
Review: I was so happy on my way home with "Omerta" in a bag. Then I arrived, began to read, fell in dispair. The story has no rythm. No intrigue. Nothing. Just some characters with no logical behaviors. I'm so sad about it, because I loved the Godfhater and The Last Don.

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Summary: Disappointing, though mildly entertaining
Review: Godfather it ain't. It kept me turning its pages, but in the end left me feeling like Puzo probably got lazy, and with the publisher on his back, sent in a mediocre effort. It reads more like the outline of of an intriguing mafia saga, than a novel in its own right. The ending leaves much to be desired. Simply put, it's just pulp fiction. It might make a good movie, but the screenplay definitely has some holes to fill.

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Summary: The Godfather It Is Not
Review: It is hard for me to imagine that Mario Puzo wrote this book. It is 316 double spaced pages of cliches and poorly developed characters. The main plot and various subplots defy belief and, if Puzo's name was not on the book, I would have thought that the book were the work of a first time author. There is none of the subtle color or detailed character development that have characterized Puzo's prior books or screenplays. Major figures in the book are introduced with just a line or two and Puzo rarely goes back to fill in the blanks. This book left me very unsatisfied and wishing the Puzo had not written it.

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Summary: One of the Worst Books I Have Ever Read!
Review: This book could not possibly been written by the author of The Godfather! The dialog was juvenile; the plot trite and the characters totally unlikable, unremarkable and amoral. Really, Mario Puzo could not possible have penned this piece of garbage. Thankfully, I borrowed this from my local library and did not waste my own dollars on this. Omerta may possibly be the worst book I have read in several years.