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Title: Lliteras' Best Book Yet
Review: D. S. Lliteras continues to transform Biblical figures into flesh and blood in this, his latest book in his brilliant series. But the usually smart and sensitive John Mort (see Booklist review above)seems to miss out on the strengths of The Silence of John. Lliteras has focussed in this book on the anguish of the Crucifixion's aftermath, as exemplified by the women in Jesus' circle. Each of these women is brought alive by Lliteras' art, and their pain is used to build the story gradually to an intensity that becomes almost unbearable to the reader. The plot had this reader in knots of tension, especially in the final third of the book. The Silence of John is easily the most emotionally demanding of Lliteras' Biblical series, yet because of the hope it communicates, it is also the best. Highly recommended!
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