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Review Date: 1/14/2018
Such promise - such disappointment. I really enjoyed this dystopian novel until the final 60 pages, the final 60 pages that weren't written. It was as if Michael Tolkin had, himself, succumbed to the NK3 virus and forgot to write the ending. So many pillars on which this story rested were never explained. Is it too much for a reader to ask that the author devote as much thought and time to the ending as he has marvelously displayed at the beginning and middle? Tolkin has been added to my "Never Read Another" list. My time is too valuable to waste on a story not finished.
Review Date: 2/26/2010
I was disappointed in this book. The title is misleading. I expected to read about the Holy Grail and Rosslyn but much of the book was spent on other topics. The author did not keep my attention and I had to struggle at times to get through certain chapters. Very little history was provided on the design and building of Rosslyn and most of the photos in the book were not of Rosslyn. What were the secrets of the Holy Grail you ask? You still ask that after reading the book.
Review Date: 6/18/2018
I give this author credit for the attempt and for his research but he lost me about half-way thru the novel because its plot became too unbelievable. I prefer my fiction to be somewhat feasible but this one failed that requirement. Had I not gotten so far into the novel, with nothing else readily available to read, I would not have finished it. There are too many other books and so little time. Save yours and read something better.
Review Date: 11/5/2010
The Way, first published in 1934, contains 999 maxims from the founder of Opus Dei: Jose Maria Escriva, (who has since been canonized - October 6, 2002). These 999 points of light "were written with yearnings to help us see the light, so that all the ways of the earth, the ordinary ways of all men, might be ways of holiness open to the hope of the Kingdom which is not of this world".
234 editions to date in approximately 40 languages, this 1991 English edition will provide you with an insight into who Jose Maria Escriva was as well as lead you to ponder who you really are. Espousing the sanctification of work, Escriva (and Opus Dei) taught that 'holiness is not just the province of a few spiritual athletes, but is the universal destiny of every Christian. Holiness is not exclusively, or even principally, for priests and nuns. Further, holiness is not something to be achieved in the first place through prayer and spiritual discipline, but rather through the mundane details of everyday work. Holiness thus doesn't require a change in external circumstances, but a change in attitude'.
234 editions to date in approximately 40 languages, this 1991 English edition will provide you with an insight into who Jose Maria Escriva was as well as lead you to ponder who you really are. Espousing the sanctification of work, Escriva (and Opus Dei) taught that 'holiness is not just the province of a few spiritual athletes, but is the universal destiny of every Christian. Holiness is not exclusively, or even principally, for priests and nuns. Further, holiness is not something to be achieved in the first place through prayer and spiritual discipline, but rather through the mundane details of everyday work. Holiness thus doesn't require a change in external circumstances, but a change in attitude'.
Review Date: 7/9/2010
Helpful Score: 1
I've read several of Malachi Martin's books. This is the first one that I did not like. To be honest, I never finished reading it. I was so repulsed (graphic details of the ritualistic sacrifice of a puppy, for example) that I decided that I had better things to do with my time. Martin's background as an ex-Catholic priest provides him with insider knowledge when writing about the Catholic church but this book was more along the lines of a Dean Koontz novel, and I'm no fan of horror.
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