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A review by fotoshopguy52
The Order by Daniel Silva
2.0
Without a doubt the weakest (and most offensive) entry in the Gabriel Allon series. While there were glimpses of past glory in brief passages in this book, there were literally whole sections of extremely questionable historical "facts" regarding Judaism and Christianity, especially those regarding Pontius Pilate, which were downright laughable! I was brought up Catholic and now consider myself Christian (although not truly practicing), and I found these "facts" very offensive and incredibly out of place in an espionage type novel!
Mr. Silva certainly has every right to believe what he wants, but to attempt to conceal it within the context of a fictional story is cowardly and totally inappropriate. If I want to read an opinion of this sort I will seek out a treatise on the subject that fully expounds on facts from both sides, not a one-sided diatribe that was unnecessary and insulting!
Mr. Silva you are better than this! I have been a dedicated fan for many many years and have read every novel that you have written, so I am saddened that a great author such as yourself would resort to this type of unnecessary attack on an established religion. There are certainly many problems within the Catholic church as we well know, but to make such a broad blanket statement about Catholicism is simply untrue and indefensible. Every faith has it's good and bad points (and good and bad people), and it would be quite easy to attack any one of them with alternate "facts". However, I just don't see any intrinsic value in doing so - how is it in any way beneficial!
If there is another chapter to the Gabriel Allon series I will certainly still consider it in light of all the great previous stories, but I find it absurd that I will have to vet the book first to ensure I will not be bombarded again with vitriolic prose that has no place in a fictional espionage novel!
Mr. Silva certainly has every right to believe what he wants, but to attempt to conceal it within the context of a fictional story is cowardly and totally inappropriate. If I want to read an opinion of this sort I will seek out a treatise on the subject that fully expounds on facts from both sides, not a one-sided diatribe that was unnecessary and insulting!
Mr. Silva you are better than this! I have been a dedicated fan for many many years and have read every novel that you have written, so I am saddened that a great author such as yourself would resort to this type of unnecessary attack on an established religion. There are certainly many problems within the Catholic church as we well know, but to make such a broad blanket statement about Catholicism is simply untrue and indefensible. Every faith has it's good and bad points (and good and bad people), and it would be quite easy to attack any one of them with alternate "facts". However, I just don't see any intrinsic value in doing so - how is it in any way beneficial!
If there is another chapter to the Gabriel Allon series I will certainly still consider it in light of all the great previous stories, but I find it absurd that I will have to vet the book first to ensure I will not be bombarded again with vitriolic prose that has no place in a fictional espionage novel!