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Summary: Fast Paced Thriller with Good Location!
Review: Allen Folsom creates fascinating European settings for his novels; this one being in Rome and around Lake Como, Italy. I enjoyed this book with its many twists and turns. However, there was too much bloody (and needless) killing of innocents throughout the book. Like readers before me, I have waited for Folsom's second book with anticipation. His first book, "The Day After Tomorrow" is one of the best thrillers that I have ever read--with an ending that left me stunned!
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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: Disappointed
Review: I was really disappointed by "Day of Confession." I had loved "the Day After Tomorrow," and when an uncle recommended Folsom's latest, I ran out and bought it as the first read for a trip to Hawaii. Boy was I disappointed. Although the basic premise of the story is rather preposterous (the Vatican as architect of global genocide-c'mon people, the Middle Ages are over!), I still found it to be intriguing-Folsom essentially substitutes the Vatican's walls for the Kremlin's, as an impenetrable home for secret dealings. Many of the characters are interesting, and the action in the first half really moves you along. Unfortunately, the ending, and events leading up to it, are completely ridiculous. The love tryst, the raid on the Vatican, the brothers chanting guttural Marine Corps slogans before "doing-in" the bad guy (who slaughtered just about everyone who crossed his path)--all preposterous. All in all, I'm sorry I wasted my moeny on this book. Come to think of it, I didn't like the last book my uncle recommended either (Road to Omaha). There's plenty of better thrillers out there than this. Let's hope that Folsom gets back on track with his next novel.
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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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