Linda Stasi

Don't you hate when you see an author you really like (Nelson DeMille in this case) praise a book only to find out said book was not very good at all? That was the case for me and "The Sixth Station."

I got through half of it before I finally gave up on it. The writing was disjointed, and author Linda Stasi's attempt at a casual first person narrative was very unnatural. She's trying to write a Dan Brown book but it just didn't flow or work for me, unfortunately. It was something about the Second Coming of Christ because somehow a vial of Jesus' blood remained, thus, his DNA was used to clone a second Christ. In fact, even the protagonist references to similarities to how the dinosaurs were re-created in "Jurassic Park."

In the hands of a better writer, this might have worked. Disappointing.… (mais)

Alessandra Russo is back. When she shares her friend's good fortune as front page news, she never imagined that it sound send her into danger once again. Only this time, her son is also in danger. I praised Alessandra in the first book as being strong and smart. Yet, this time, she was still strong but I felt that she did do a dumb move by writing the story of her friend. Really. A friend tells you that he has come into a rare item but that it could bring Armageddon and your friend's father had stole the item; yet, you decide to write a story and tell everyone including starting to show people the item. Second, Alessandra did not pick up on clues as fast. Luckily, she made up for all of this when it counted most.

The second half of the story is where Alessandra finds herself really on a journey to solve the mystery while fighting to stay alive. The second half of my reading experience did go by faster as well. The mystery surrounding Judas was intriguing. While, I have never read Dan Brown's books I have seen the movies. This series kind of reminds me of The Da Vinci Code. I do look forward to seeing Alessandra again.… (mais)

MY REVIEW OF "BOOK OF JUDAS" BY LINDA STASI

Linda Stasi, author of "Book of Judas" has done an amazing job of research and travel to bring "Book of Judas" to life. Linda Stasi's motivation in writing "Book of Judas" was in the discovery of a book in her house, "the subject , the Gospel of Judas". While visiting a bookstore, she saw a similar book, and then got surprising news that a
missing manuscript was found in a Citibank deposit box at her "childhood branch" on Long Island. These were all "the signs" that the author needed to start writing her book. Linda Stasi used a character from an earlier book, Alessandra Russo, a reporter to help put this book together. "The Book of Judas" is a sequel to "The Sixth Station".

The genres for this book are Religious Thriller and Mystery, and Fiction. There is also an essence of some Para-normal activity. This book reminds me slightly of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code". There are some speculated theories that the missing papers found in the Citibank vault were that "Judas was not the betrayer but the beloved of Jesus." There are questions from these papers about the "Christian belief about the creation of life, and even the possibility of Armageddon." Some of these theories were confusing to me.

I didn't read the first book, but was able to follow many of the characters. The author describes the characters as complex and complicated, and some vary between good and evil. Alessandra is a reporter and now has a 6 month year old son.She is a single Mom, trying to get back into reporting. Alessandra's best friend's father dies, and finds that his father had the "missing papers" from Citibank, where he had worked for many years. Her friend also finds a book, a key, and a ruby earring. Alessandra becomes involved in what could be the story of the century. I enjoyed the danger, adventure, action and chase.

Alessandra finds herself in a dangerous situation. There are betrayals and murders and threats. Various people want those papers and will not stop until they get them. There are murders. Alessandra finds that her baby son is kidnapped and held in ransom for these papers. What really is in these missing papers that causes such danger?

This is an extremely intense, at times, fast moving and suspenseful novel. There are twists and turns and threats of death. I would recommend this novel for lovers of Religious Thrillers and Mystery. I will go back and read "The Sixth Station", and look forward to reading more of Linda Stasi's novels. Happy Reading!

… (mais)