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Title: Silly
Review: This is the dumbest book I've read in years. The plot is based on an interesting concept, but the way the book is written makes for an unpleasant reading experience. It's simply crude, long, and boring. I'm no defender of the faith, but the bigotry toward Catholics was crass, ugly, and repulsive. The hamhanded writing, cardboard characters, and silly ideas were hardly worthy of the cheapest thriller. I suppose this was cranked-out for the millennium, but it will be forgotten a minute past midnight. For an intelligent novel on a similar theme, Robert Stone's Damascus Gate is challenging and thoughtful. Unlike Last Day, it will make you think about faith without playing on misinformed prejudice and nonsense.
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