The Thirteenth Apostle Book

A book of two halves. The first half I found extremely turgid and difficult to read. The French to English translation has a stumbling clunkiness to it and whilst I understood the effect the author was trying to achieve in fluctuating the chapters between modern day and Jesus' time, I felt it had an adverse affect on the flow. I almost gave up on it after about a third.

However, I'm glad that I stuck with it as the book does take more of a plot-ride in the second half and held my interest much more, even though the plot itself has no twists, turns or real surprises. It just flowed better. The subject matter is clearly well-known to the author given his previous life as a monk, and the story, albeit fictitious, is entirely plausible calling into question the divinity of Jesus, by way of the existence of a thirteenth apostle.

It is Dan Brown-esque like Angels and Demons but where Dan Brown (whether you love or hate his work) takes you on a white-water ride of action and suspense, this barely trickles along.

Verdict: It was okay.