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Review title: Not his best book.
Product review: Not his best book, because Puzo violates the first rule of writing, "Show it; don't say it." This makes it impossible to maintain tension or character development. You are told Lucretia repents, but never see it. This book, is more a popularization of history rather than a novel. It reads like "Everyman," a morality play where characters lack depth and walk through their lines. It's episodic: no drama, no melodrama. He's a great novelist, when he writes about what he knows; but here, he's writing about what he doesn't know, and it shows.
