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Review title: Great Potential but Fell Flat
Product review: This novel had great potential but if fell flat for the characters were not richly developed and dialogue seemed flat. The historical era could have lent itself to so many fascinating stories, but instead we got wars and alliances, in a chronilogical series, with little enrichment. A few famous characters were integrated into the plot, but I don't know why for they were never well developed into the story. We know no more about them now then did before reading this novel. I never felt as if I was there in the story and I never really felt for the characters. It was a slow read and the end was so sadly predicable, all loose ends tied up neatly. I adore Mario Puzo's work, but this was weak.
