Anónimo

Great theme, awful writing

Revisado: 01-31-24

Loved the theme; was very interested in learning more about this conclave.

However, this book is little more than someone going through diaries and/or written works that are readily available, and regurgitating them, right down to shopping lists Ann's other useless minutia.

All the elements of an exciting, dramatic recounting of this event are in place- yet the writer paints no real picture of the characters involved, instead offering a dull, plodding retelling, completely devoid of anything remotely gripping.

Rubbing salt in the wound, the writer, after turning what should have been the dramatic conclusion of the papal election into a much smaller event, then offers another hour-plus on the following six years, every bit as uninteresting as her storytelling so far.

I initially thought this book must've been edited extremely poorly- but I searched out a podcast with the author, and after hearing her disjointed ramblings for forty minutes, I'm convinced the poor editors did the absolute best they could with the material this author provided.

If you like detailed shopping lists, the value of the local currency, mind-numbingly similar storylines on page after page, then you'll love this book.

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