The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene

The imagined story of Mary Magdalene using several of the stories about her that have been put forward over the years. Interesting and well written I wish I had read it years ago as it would probably have pleased me more, not having read much less well written versions.

Worth a read for a slightly feminist view of Jesus' life and the way that things could be warped.

A for effort and B- for execution. As long as the author sticks to retelling the story of Mary Magdalene based on the text of the Gospel of Mary (the actual ancient text) she is good. She makes great poetical interpretations of many original passages. However when she has to completely make things up to infuse the plot with personal story of Mary, Jesus and the apostles she defaults to a chic lit, neo-pagan, new-agey kind of mode. Not that there is anything wrong with it (as Jerry Seinfield once said) but I expected a little bit more thought and originality and creativity.

Fiction although historically based