A review by applegould
Conclave by Robert Harris

4.5

if you felt that the ending was a twist, a shock, out of place, i ask you to please consider what the role of the woman was in this book, and quite similarly in the movie. women are invisible, excluded, and yet the conclave could not run without them. they cook. they clean. they counsel. over all, they serve. is it not fitting for the conclave to elect pope innocent xiv

to bridge the gap between man and woman

in the church?