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Summary: Skip Tom Clancey's latest and read this great Thriller!
Review: This is the best thriller since Folsom's "Day After Tomorrow". You will not be disappointed. My adrenaline was pumping, and I thought, "What a great climax", then realized that I was only half way through the book! I just hope that Allan Folsom won't take 3 years to write his next novel.
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Summary: A choppy yawner
Review: I enjoyed Folsom's first book, The Day After Tomorrow, so when I saw this in the bookstore I was hoping for a great read. However, after starting the novel, I immediately noticed something that would annoy me for the rest of the book: Each chapter is only 2-3 pages long! Not only is this editorially wrong, it is quite annoying to have to read through!Editing comments aside, I found the story far to drawn out and quite inconceivable. From the total evilness of the Cardinal masterminding the plot, to the supposed INTERPOL file on the terrorist (I'm sure that official files do not use terms like "One of the most devious killers in the world" ) I found that reading this story was quite tedious and, factually it was certainly a stretch. Folsom himself, in the voice of one of the "bad guys" speaks about how incredible it is that the good guys are SO good at avoiding capture. I was bored with this book within 50 pages, and it didn't improve at all as I progressed. Sorry, Alan - no more hardcover for you.
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Summary: Quite Good
Review: After reading "The Day After Tomorrow" three yearsago, I have frequently checked the upcoming new releases looking forhis next book, so when I saw that "Day of Confession" was coming out, I certainly was excited. After reading it I must say that I wasn't as enthralled with it as I was with "...Tomorrow," but it was still a good book. The plot needed some fone tuning, in my opinion, and the characters weren't built up as much as they were in Mr. folsoms previous book. My final comment is that while the ending of "...Tomorrow" was a good cliffhanger, the author went for that effect in the end again, but came up a bit short. . . Overall, I thought it was a fun read that should be picked up by anyone who enjoyed Mr. Folsom's first book, and first-timers.
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Summary: A Total let-down!
Review: I bought this book thinking that I'd get a good, if not better read than his first book. Boy, was I wrong! I simply can't believe that this is the same person who wrote 'The day after tommorow'. I could not get past page 100! One long chase that leaves you thinking that something exciting is bound to come out at th end of it. Well, don't hold your breath! You're in for a disappointment. I cant't believe the 3 readers who rated the book a 5-star. Obviously, they have not read his first book. Don't waste your money on this one!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: DAY OF CONFESSION is a wonderful follow up to Folsom's debut novel THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. This time the Vatican is the source of the intrigue, as well as many twists and turns. The only novel that thrilled me as much as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW since then was Craig Furnas's THE SHAPE...but DAY OF CONFESSION is now the reigning King. Move over Tom Clancy, I'll take Folsom any day.
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Summary: THE thriller of the year
Review: In a scene reminiscent of the assassination attempt on General De Gaulle in "Day of the Jackal', Allan Folsom stages a terrorist "kill' on a high ranking Vatican Official as the opening gambit in his terrifically suspenseful and exciting thriller "Day of Confession". Intrigue, corruption, politics, murder and blackmail are just some of the pleasantries associated with Cardinal Palestrino, possibly the most seductively evil character in recent popular fiction. His total disregard for his fellow man (so wonderfully expressed through his influence as a power broker and confidante of the ageing Pope) is equalled if not surpassed by two henchmen ---- the ruthless Jacov Farel head of the Vatican Police and Thoimas Kind an international terrorist who makes "Carlos " the real life "jackal" seemingly inept. To make the plot line of international interest, Folsom has as his major "good guys" an American Entertainment Lawyer and his priest brother --- Harry and Daniel Addison --- who must endure more violence and mayhem than any crack "Anti Terrorist" group. Added to this are, corrupt Chinese Officials, a disenchanted Catholic Nun, a "Ballsy" news reporter, the CIA and the overworked but methodical Italian Police. With a climactic scene straight out of Hollywood, we are left breathless and determined that if a movie is made perhaps it should be called "Die Hard in the Vatican". Top marks for the Thriller of the year .... What's next Alan?
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Summary: a stunning page-turner
Review: Unlike most of Folsom's other fans, I read this, his second book, first and am currently devouring "the day after tomorrow". Most people liked the latter better, I disagree so far. "Day of confession" is an athmospherically dense and gripping thriller that will not let you put the book down until the last page is turned. Folsom is a gifted and well-informed writer who has no trouble creating believable scenarios on three continents at the same time. He carefully develops his charcters and puts together a complex, yet not too confusing and improbably plot that remains fast-paced until the end. Folsom's protagonist is a wealthy LA lawyer from the glitz world of movie moguls who flies to Italy in response to an emergency phone message by a brother he has not seen or heard from in years. Before he knows what hit him, he is engulfed in a major international crisis with the Vatican at the center. This book is up there in quality with Higgins' and Ludlum's finest. Don't plan anything else for the weekend once you start reading.
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Summary: Extraordinary
Review: Tremendously compelling page turner. Conspiracies abound in The Vatican. A Cardinal is murdered, water supplies in China are poisoned. Is a CIA deep cover mole planted in The Vatican? An American entertainment lawyer finds himself in the middle of this fast moving novel. Even though it's almost 700 pages the reader can hardly stop turning those pages. There are about 25 characters in the book that are well developed and relevant and believable. I really can't rave enough!
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Summary: My confession: It's not worth your time.
Review: Day of confession starts beautifully. The Cardinal Vicar of Rome is assassinated at a celebration with the Pope. However, from thereon the plot descends into banality.
Thomas Kind hardly measures up to the numero uno of assassins, Forsyth's Jackal. With his omnipotence, Cardinal Palestrina bears a closer resemblance to God than to the devil. Even the companionship between the nun and Harry is improbable.Simply put, the novel is malnourished, lacking the nutrients needed to keep it afloat.
By the end, the reader has the feeling that Allan Folsom kills his characters when their utility is exhausted, instead of when the plot demands.
The Day of Confession should be avoided unless necessary.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This was my second Allan Folsom novel and I couldn't put this one down too. The first I read, The Day after Tomorrow was fast paced and exciting throughout. This was just as fast and just as suspenceful. If you need to know what is going to happen on the next page, than this author is your man. He keeps you hanging each page and ultimately sums it all up neatly at the end.
I highly recommend Allan Folsom for a quick and exciting ride.
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