mikegprint's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
geek1352's review against another edition
This book was very thorough. I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially the first part where we get to see his life prior to becoming the Pope. His courage and tenacity were inspiring to read about. His life was vastly different and much more difficult than I might have imagined.
The latter part of the book got long and boring in parts. I think this was because I had a good sense by then what the Pope would do, so it lost some of the tension. It could have been the author or just history repeating itself, but it seemed any section that concluded nobody was expecting a trip to go well was immediately followed by a section detailing how amazing a visit went and how many people attended. On the upside, I learned a lot more about various countries' histories than I had known before reading.
The latter part of the book got long and boring in parts. I think this was because I had a good sense by then what the Pope would do, so it lost some of the tension. It could have been the author or just history repeating itself, but it seemed any section that concluded nobody was expecting a trip to go well was immediately followed by a section detailing how amazing a visit went and how many people attended. On the upside, I learned a lot more about various countries' histories than I had known before reading.
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