When in Rome: A Journal of Life in Vatican City by Robert J. Hutchinson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of When in Rome: A Journal of Life in Vatican City
Book Review: somewhat entertaining but poorly written
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, I just got back from a trip to Rome and read this book on the plane. Yes, at times it was funny --- as the other reviewers have noted. Yes, I learned some things about the Vatican I didn't know before. But the book is also disjointed, repetitive, poorly edited, and written in a style that was wordy, manipulative of the reader, and with barely veiled sexism in his repeated references to the physical appearance of the women he sees or meets. I had the impression the author was just trying to fill enough pages to make it book length. It was not a pager turner.