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A review by ibeforem
The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Julia Navarro
1.0
I didn’t care for this book. I barely skimmed the last 80 pages.
The basic premise of the book is that these art crime detectives believe someone is trying to steal and/or destroy the Shroud of Turin after a string of strange happenings at the Cathedral where it is occasionally displayed. There’s 3 groups of people here… a group that are trying to protect the Shroud, a group trying to “reclaim” it, and the art crime detectives.
It was very slow, and really not very interesting. She tries to generate some interest in the history of the Shroud with flashbacks to the time of Jesus and then of the Templar Knights, but it still isn’t a particularly interesting history. And the time changes were very abrupt.
This book is touted as an “international best-seller”, but if that’s the case it was for solely one reason: The Da Vinci Code.
The only good thing about this book is that I can now return it to the library.
The basic premise of the book is that these art crime detectives believe someone is trying to steal and/or destroy the Shroud of Turin after a string of strange happenings at the Cathedral where it is occasionally displayed. There’s 3 groups of people here… a group that are trying to protect the Shroud, a group trying to “reclaim” it, and the art crime detectives.
It was very slow, and really not very interesting. She tries to generate some interest in the history of the Shroud with flashbacks to the time of Jesus and then of the Templar Knights, but it still isn’t a particularly interesting history. And the time changes were very abrupt.
This book is touted as an “international best-seller”, but if that’s the case it was for solely one reason: The Da Vinci Code.
The only good thing about this book is that I can now return it to the library.