Book Review - Black Madonna
Historic fiction is one of my favorite reads, so I didn't hesitate to accept the offer to review Black Madonna: A Pope's Deadly Obsession by Linda Lee Kane . This story takes the reader from present time into the past of the Catholic church and back. A bit reminiscent of Dan Brown's stories, Black Madonna , uses the history of Tarot to help inform the story. That said, I will add in capitals, TRIGGER WARNING . There are some very explicit sexual passages (rape) as well as graphic violence. For me, this took away from the story and I had to put the book down several times to get through it. However, the story, sans the above, was interesting and I found that I was curious to see what was truth and what was fiction. The author, cleverly, adds this information to the end of the book. Therefore, while I had a difficult time with the sex and violence, the book has inspired me to do more research into the Cathars and Tarot. Read other reviews and post...