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Conclave

Robert Harris

4.08 AVERAGE

coolyanna's review

4.5

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

man this was great. i started reading this at the conclusion of the irl conclave (can u believe that was this year???) and only got around to finishing it now because i’m an easily distracted reader but i really liked it!! while i personally enjoyed the film adaptation more just because of how the tension comes to life on screen — the cinematography, the SCORE, and the changes to the script just come together beautifully — this was still great albeit in a different way. i really felt like i was getting a glimpse into the inner workings of the papacy and all the bureaucracy and politics and heehee character dynamics. lomeli and benitez 4ever ❤️ was kicking my feet up in the air at all their scenes and i honestly didn’t expect to LMAO also obsessed with how benitez’s character is originally filipino here. representation! anyway i’m glad i finally finished this, it’s still very timely and as a disillusioned and recovering semi-catholic it was lowkey healing to process my own relationship to my faith through this fun lil thriller #popecrave

princesqueak's review against another edition

5.0

Gagged.

mmeyer0's review

3.0

challenging mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

decaysings's review against another edition

5.0

“I am what God made me.” yeah i cried

plainview07's review

5.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nadia's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Read this as part of mine and my sister's two-person Movie Book Club. I enjoyed the setup and the pace of the book...those pages kept on turning...I really enjoyed the themes of power, ambition, morality, and tradition vs modernisation, and political intrigue in a novel is one of my favourite things. Felt a little let down by how the whole thing wrapped up and how quickly it wrapped up too!

As per, glad to have read the book first. A lot of detail and nuance was left out of the film, which takes away from the elements of depth that were in Harris's work.

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