Started February 28th, finished March
This is the third and final book in the Dibdin omnibus I borrowed. It starts off with a 'jumper' who falls from the dome of St Peter's onto the floor of the Nave during a mass. Now here is why I resent Dan Brown. This book, being a mystery, set in the Vatican City, centering around St Peter's, with a church conspiracy, well it reeked of Angels and Demons. Even though this came many years before and isn't anywhere as silly. That's what you get for enjoying a silly, fun beach read.
My main problem as I began this book was that I took a dislike to Zen. Not good when he's the main character. I wasn't taken with his girlfriend either. This didn't get any better as the book went along. The relationship issues were so predictable as to be painful.
The book got sillier as it went along with a seemingly unnecessary strain added in. It wasn't silly enough to be put in quite the same box as Angels and Demons but it was definitely heading that way. If it had been that ridiculous I probably would have been more enjoyable. It was daft enough to make it unbelievable to me. Without being ludicrous enough for me to throw care to the wind and enjoy the ride.
Now I can watch the BBC adaptations. Which I'm hoping I will enjoy more. From the clips I've seen it looks like a gorgeous production. As I've decided to give Dibdin a wide berth from now on I won't be too bothered about discrepancies from the original text. And, well, it's Rufus Sewell ;-)
2 out of 5 pawprints
Total so far, Books - 14, Pages - 3,807
Next - The Little Stranger by Sarah Walters
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