Omerta - Mario Puzo Reviews

==About the Author Mario Puzo== Mario Puzo's best selling novel The GodFather was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels The Dark Arena and The Fortunate Piligrim. His other bestsellers include The Sicilian, The Fourth K,The Last Don.Mario Puzo also wrote many screenplays including Earthquake,Superman,and all three ...  Read the complete review

Having really enjoyed The Godfather and The Last Don, both by Puzo, when I spotted this in the library I thought that it would be a good read. Alas it is nowhere near the standard of the man who brought the Corleone family to life. Another review mentioned that this was an unfinished manuscript found when Puzo died, if so then someone really ...  Read the complete review

Mario Puzo one of if not the greatest writer of mafiosa books that has and ever will be. He brought us The Godfather and only just recently i have discovered this book and in Tesco at £4.99 would you believe. Now how do i review this book without giving the story away well i can't so if you wanna read on it is your choice.I am not ...  Read the complete review

Omerta has all the potential of a classic Mafia story but sadly turns into a sort of fairy tale. The main Character is to infallible , everything he plans to do, turn out perfectly. You are able to see the plot and can make a good guess at how things will turn out.... ie The main character has everybody weight up just right ,never makes mistakes. ...  Read the complete review

Mario Puzo is dead and his family dug up a manuscript and then proceede to sell it as a finished "book". It is not a book-it is an idea for a book. The end result of this is that the book that you end up reading is very uneven with some areas perfectly explained (where Puzo had spent a lot of time on) and some areas not well explained at ...  Read the complete review

From the author of the 'Godfather' comes the another mafia saga.It focuses on the life of the son of an emminent Sicician 'Don'who is bought up in America .It has many plot turns and the story is told masterfuly.This book has all the brilliance of the original Godfather while wisefully chosing not to feature any of the characters ...  Read the complete review