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Wicca: History, Belief & Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft

Ethan Doyle White

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The past century has born witness to a growing interest in the belief systems of ancient Europe,...

Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing: The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War

Sara Paretsky

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Crime writer Sara Paretsky is known the world over for her acclaimed series of mysteries starring...

Mayhawke (97 KP) rated The Last Templar in Books

Feb 7, 2018

It's an O.K. Read, But...

...but. It's not riveting. I had no problems putting it down and going to do other things. In fact I stopped for a day half-way through and read an entire other book. That said, I had no problems picking it up again.

The writing style is a bit unsophisticated. It seems to swing between slightly out-of-synch passages of 'Historical Travelogue' and 'Something That Was Written With The Movie in Mind' - screaming Hollywood-esq car chases, murderous priests etc.

In it's favour the theory it puts forward is intriguing and over-all the story is well-paced and well presented. Unfortunatly parts of the plot only stand up if you read them with one eye shut, from behind a pillow, and some of the arguments are highly dubious to say the least (e.g: people can only be good, kind and charitable if inspired to be by religion; Christianity was the first religion to preach love not hate)

All in all, it's not a bad read but if you have to budget your 'book allowance' I'd suggest getting it from a library or borrowing it from a friend.