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Summary: Fun, exciting, though a bit too long
Review: I read and enjoyed Folsom's "Day After Tomorrow" but this book suffers the same problem, going on about 100 pages too long. Still, it's a good summer read full of action, narrow escapes, and a pretty clever plot about a conspiracy that leads to the heart of the Vatican.However, there is a last page revelation that sort of negates what has come before. Worth a look, but not essential.
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Summary: Needs to be a Movie! Excellent Drama!
Review: Bravo, I think Allan Folsom should be a screen play writer the book was written as if it was a movie I could see everything happening just like you would in a movie. It keeps me going I read it as I ride the stationary bike at the club and it makes that 1hr go by so much faster, and when I am done I promise myself not to read again until I get back on the bike. No matter how tempting the book may be I have followed thru. I love the fact that it has two different plots going on at the same time makes the suspense even greater. Allan you need to make it a movie. Marsha
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Summary: Couldn't put it down! One of the best books I've read!
Review: I can't believe the number of bad reviews this book got. I couldn't put it down and it was by far one of the best books I've read in a long time. Besides enjoying the story, becoming "friends" with the characters, and loving the plot, I liked how the author wrote in short chapters. Usually, I'd promise myself I'd read only one more chapter before stopping for a meal,etc., but more often than not, I just kept reading and reading! Don't listen to the negative reviews....read the book! You'll love it!
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Summary: Not as exciting as hoped
Review: It must be difficult for an author to spill his plotline in the early pages of a 650+ page book and then have to drag the reader (kicking and screaming) through the rest of the book to get us to the point where the characters figure out what is going on. This, in my opinion, is torture for the reader! I believe that this plot would have worked much better if it was kept hidden from the reader in the end, and revealed as a part of the 100+ page climax. It was almost painful for me to know the whole story and not just want to end it about 300 pages earlier. Waiting for everyone in the story to figure it out was not the suspense I was looking for. I wanted to be one of the ones who didn't know! (And shame on those who post the plotline in their reviews, too!) The last 100 pages or so, in which the entire story comes to a head, would make a brilliant book on its own, given the proper lead in. This part of the story was so well-written, I HAD to give the book 3 stars based on that alone. Without giving the ending away, the type of creativity and suspense in the last chapters is what should've carried this book through the first 500+ pages. These characters felt flat to me...and none of the relationships, outside of that between Father Daniel and the Cardinal he was so loyal to, were written to seem genuine. There was no zinger to leave you breathless here as there was in Day After Tomorrow. Not that I expected one, but the end just ended as you would hope it would after struggling through the previous chapters. And for those readers who say this book makes them wonder about the Vatican and those working in it...c'mon, it's fiction, folks! For some facts, read "When In Rome," a true story written by Robert Hutchinson, I believe, who got behind the Vatican walls to do some research on how it's run.
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Summary: Don't bother
Review: This is as bad a book as I have try to read in a long time. I would have to see to believe the good review it suppose to have from The L A Times. Reader in California
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Summary: Great Suspense Story!
Review: Read "Day After Tomorrow" and couldn't wait to finish it. The ending was a real shocker. Was waiting for the same type of ending in "Day of Confession," but, alas, that didn't materialize. However, the plot is very good, the action doesn't stop and the Italian scenery is great! I enjoyed it immensely!
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Summary: a good choice for a summer read
Review: This book starts with a bang and never seems to live up to that potential. There are many other reviews you can read to get the plot of this story so I will just sum up how I feel. The love story was quite contrived. The relationship with the brothers was also forced. The most interesting relationships were those of the men in the Vatican. As for the story itself. It is a new twist. The thought of world domination in this day and age not by a country, per se, but a religion. In a way it is a reverse holocaust. If you are headed to the beach and want something to occupy the time and not drain your brain this book could fill the bill.
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Summary: Day of Confession was a let down
Review: I was so excited when Day of Confession was released. I had read The Day After Tomorrow and totally loved it and expected Day of Confession to be just as good. It wasn't! The story seemed predictable and just plain boring.
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Summary: If you want a great book in this genre read Kleier or Rustad
Review: This is an okay read, if rather difficult to swallow in parts. The best thriller I've ever read in this genre is Kleier's THE LAST DAY. Also good is Rustad's TRIUMPH AND GLORY. Folsom's story is too contrived. THE LAST DAY, by example, is a nerve-racking rollercoaster ride with bite--and with a message that sticks with you. If you want substance, as well as first class entertainment, I highly recommend Kleier or Rustad.
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Summary: Could not put it down!
Review: Day of Confession is brilliant. It has a great storyline that's easy to follow because Folsom tells you exactly where you are and what's going on. It's a relatively long book (~650 pgs), but the action keeps you moving. His characters really come to life and they're very unpredictable and unique. I would sometimes laugh to myself or even tear up, reading the way they interacted sometimes. I don't give it five stars because I thought it was a little more violent than it needed to be. Thomas Kind is one evil dude. It also makes you wonder if The Vatican really is as powerful as he makes it seem.
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