A review by erikstl
The Last Pope by Luis Miguel Rocha

3.0

The plot was adequate, but the book read more like a movie script - and not in a good way. The reference to something along the lines of "this was the same man who was recently seen in ____" - referencing the previous chapter when we saw this un-named character. If we were watching this unfold on screen, it would be reasonable for me to see the same character on-screen and say to myself, "Oh, we just saw him in ____." There has to be a better way to get that across on the page.

So many nameless characters, simply referred to as "the man", or if there were two men, "the man with the gun" and "the other man." The master. The assistant.

But don't worry - there's two distinct characters named Hans.

I don't know why I'm so hung up on this.