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Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2025
The books were in good condition
Mary Ellen Rainwater
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
I rarely write book reviews - or any reviews for that matter. However, on this particular book, The Accidental Pope, I am compelled.It is at its heart a story of love - love between a man and his God, a man and his wife, and a man and his children. It then morphs into this sweeping epic tale of a revolutionary pope - the kind of pope we all hoped would come along one day. It continues to be s tory about love - but his love grows to encompass all of mankind - ALL of mankind! I cannot recommend this book more.Filled with kind humor that will keep you smiling, heartfelt anecdotes about friend and family, beautiful descriptions that could only be told by someone who has been there, and visceral warnings about our contemporary world, I easily give this book two thumbs up!!
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2017
It was quite enlightening, so refreshing, then ultimately sad.
BArbara J. Nugent
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2015
The story is a modern catholic's dream of what a perfect church could be if given the chance of leadership of real people living in a real world. Story has lots of every day humor sprinkled with practical ways to solve some of the Catholic Church's issues, both domestic and internal.
james j long
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2014
the reason why I choose this rating was because rather than happening in 2000.This seems to be taking place right now under Pope Francis. The changes that are in the book look like what is going on now.
Bernard James Hill
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2013
Written from an American viewpoint but a fascinating story with a lot of relevance to the Church and world situation today. An especially gripping and enlightening view of behind-the-scenes Vatican for the reader at a particularly apt time when similar events were actually taking place in Rome with the choosing and election of a new pope.
mrsc
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2013
I loved this book, I rated 4 stars only because it was not available in digital format. Print is small so took a little longer to read, but feel like i have a better understanding of how the pope is elected as well as what he does. Until this book I had no idea what the role of the pope actually was other that as a figure head. This has become one of my favorite books, however I suggest the author make it available in digital format. I would likely purchase a second time if I could place it on my kindle.
maryann
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2011
The Accidental Pope is a delightful read. I first purchased the book out of curiosity because Ray Flynn was Mayor when I lived in Massachusetts and I knew he had a stint as ambassador to the Vatican. After reading many histories and historical fictions of life in the early Church, this was a great "what if" story. Heartwarming, funny and entirely entertaining.
John Addington
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2009
While this constitutes a very interesting and entertaining concept, the author has failed in the execution. The writing is stiff, the characterization weak, and the willingness of the reader to accept the story is badly bruised by the failure to develop the conflict within the story. Still, this work is well worthy of attention due to the wonderful concept, the possibilities it presents, and the knowledge one can gain of the Church through the fiction media. Three out of five stars.
R. M Connors
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2001
I wanted to like this book because Ray Flynn is a fellow Catholic and a fellow Bostonian, and the basic idea of a pope being elected who is a widower with children has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, there are too many problems. The writing is very uneven; in places it isn't bad, but much of the dialogue is wooden and awkward. The theology is startlingly bad, especially in a work purportedly by a former ambassador to the Vatican. Or perhaps it was very badly edited. In any case I stopped reading altogether when I reached the point two thirds of the way through where the Eucharist was casually said to be symbolically the Body of the Lord (not REALLY!). That, of course, is the Protestant position; it has no place in a book that's supposed to be about Catholics.
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