Day of Confession

This was my first time reading Allan Folsom so I had no previous exposure to him or reviews by others. When I started to write this review at Amazon, I was very surprised to see that the reviews were almost evenly spaced on each of the five star ratings. I found myself questioning how to write a fair review but here goes.

I found the story to be interesting right from the start but then I enjoy stories about the sins of the Catholic church. I found the book to be a page turner. I really did not want to put it down but its length of 556 interesting pages caused me to read it in four sittings. I think there were a couple of minor items that were weak but they did not adversely affect the intrigue of the book.

There were a great many show more characters. I thought that I might have a hard time keeping them straight. However, the author did a good job of i9dentifying where the story was happening and did not jump back and forth between characters needlessly. I am rating this book a 4 star read because of the characters. Even though the story was well written, I did not think the characters were well developed. They were just not characters with which I could identify.

I do recommend this book. If you are not liking the book by page 100, you probably try something else. show less

Where's a good editor when you need one? Because one was really needed. Days of Confession just lags; the characters are not that well-developed or convincing. On top of that, the inaccuracy about the water being poisoned as an act of sabotage was just plain hilarious. Any idiot whose lived or even visited China knows that the surest way to experience bowel contractions is to drink the water straight from the tap. That's why they boil it if they drink it! But why should that inaccuracy stop you? After all, a 40 year old man who has five orgasms within two hours should be accepted as well. I don't know. The book was way too long. It kept dragging and dragging. How in the world did I finish it? Well, I didn't. I had 50 pages left, and show more said the hell with it. show less

standaardtriller. Ik kon er niet doorheen komen. Het boek is een en al cliches en heeft een vervelende holywood-filmische vertelstijl.

When L.A. entertainment lawyer Harry Addison gets a call that his brother, Vatican priest Father Daniel Addison, has been killed in an explosion in Italy, he rushes to Rome to claim the body. But when he reaches the airport, Harry is picked by Italian police, who tell him that his brother is the prime suspect in the spectacular assassination of a major Vatican cardinal.

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Harry Adisson, hombre de éxito y famoso abogado de Hollywood, recibe una inquietante llamada de su hermano, Daniel Adisson, un sacerdote que reside en el Vaticano y al que no ve desde hace diez años, pidiéndole ayuda. Al intentar ponerse en contacto con él le comunican la noticia de la muerte de su hermano en un atentado terrorista. Harry decide viajar hasta Roma para repatriar su cuerpo. Pero cuando llega, descubre que los restos que le presentan no son los de Daniel y que, poco antes de su muerte, éste había sido acusado de participar en el asesinato de cardenal del Vaticano. Harry confía en la inocencia de su hermano y está convencido de que sigo vivo, pero tendrá que demostrarlo. Todo se complica cuando el propio Harry es show more acusado de haber asesinado a un policía y tiene que huir de los carabinieri y de las autoridades eclesiásticas, que temen que sepa más de la cuenta. Mientras tanto, en China, un hombre se prepara para poner en marcha un plan maquiavélico organizado por cierta autoridad del Vaticano obsesionada por hacerse con el control de aquel país. show less