Reader reviews for Conclave
Review summary
Readers widely judged Robert Harris’s Conclave an absorbing ecclesiastical thriller that fuses the choreography of papal election with a tightly wound political drama. The procedural detail feels authoritative without pedantry, the Vatican setting is vivid, and Cardinal Jacopo Lomeli’s introspective stewardship provides a humane counterpoint to horse?trading and ambition. Many found it brisk and compulsive, though a minority thought the tempo more methodical. The final twist proved polarizing—bold and surprising for some, contrived or implausible for others—but the consensus is that the novel is an intelligent, timely study of faith, power and institutional politics; the audiobook won praise, while the film adaptation was generally seen as flatter than the book.
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Details
- Title Conclave
- Author Robert Harris
- Binding Paperback
- Edition LRG
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Large Print Publishing
- Publication date 2016-11-22
- Large Print Yes
- Features Large Print
- ISBN 9781524757359 / 1524757357
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Category Fiction - Historical
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
