The Third Secret

Book #18 of the year was The Third Secret, a book with such a ludicrous plot that it made The Da Vinci Code look like the kind of thing that just happens to most people every day. In fact, the dust jacket had a Dan Brown blurb on it, not for this book, but for another by Steve Berry. Maybe they are buddies. They definitely have a similar way of looking at the world, as one big conspiracy.

I did find the papal election interesting. Berry has apparently done extensive research on the history of choosing popes and the procedure used today. But what kept me reading this book was the desire to find out what exactly the third secret would be; the novel's premise is that the third secret of Fatima was never fully revealed. But now it will be. And oh boy, is it a doozy. Heaven has all new stuff to say about women in the priesthood, abortion, celibacy, and, well, you name the controversial issue facing the church. Unfortunately the only appropriate response to Steve Berry's version of what Heaven has to say is, "Yeah, right."