Name of the Devil

audio cd, 1 pages

Published April 19, 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio, Inc., Harpercollins.

ISBN:
978-1-5047-1708-3
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2 stars

I didn't like the writing style. It was very abrupt transitioning from one scene to another. The reader was left to unpack the new scene and how it relates to what they just read.

I also found the action hard to follow - especially things like the fake explosion and setup of the pope and the aftermath. Still have no idea what happened there. Don't have a good mental model at all.

Spoiler alert: The ending is a perfect example of its problems.

At the end, there is this tension about Marta being holed-up in the embassy and you're wondering "how will they resolve this?" Then, there is a sudden break where the resolution is literally "phoned-in" by a character. A call comes into Jessica that just announces out of the blue "she's dead". WTF? Then goes on to explain some crazy situation occurred that I can't believe Jessica would …

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