Linda

Easy and enjoyably consumable. Finished it in two sittings, which is kind of incredible for my deteriorating brain these days. Leans a bit too heavily into speculation, includes jump scare detours to talk about the 2016 elections.

Lighthearted and compulsively readable. Really fun book.

Fantastically detailed and fascinatingly inside baseball about the political shenanigans of the Vatican viewed through the lens of a compelling main character navigating his own ongoing crisis of faith. I think I loved 95% of this book, but felt the ending was so abrupt. I literally sat there staring at the last pages saying, "Wait, what?" out loud for a beat. That said, still loved the twist, the intrigue, and the pageantry.

Gorgeously written and brilliantly researched. The gut punch transition from the joyful equity of Genghis Khan’s original rule and the hellish cruelty and incompetence of his sons was hell to read. Really really fantastic book.

Stylistically interesting, and I admire the story being told in between the written lines of the story; big "I hate everybody in this TV show" watching Sex in the City from the year of our Lord 2026 energy.