I did start reading it a couple of days ago only because I finally finished 'The Godfather' and had nothing else on hand to read...and at least this would possibly serve as an immediate continuation.

I'll keep going as long as I can, but so far it's just not as easy a read as Puzo provided. The author appears to be attempting to intertwine Puzo's writing style along with his own, interjecting his own imagination as to the lives of the characters, which I suppose is his right to do.

But it is definitely NOT a smooth transition from one novel to another.

Of course, all of us here know we are dealing with two different writers, some 35 years apart. And we all know the first writer created a classic. I can't help but wonder what opinions would be if the two novels were presented as one without this knowledge. Would the difference still be so glaringly obvious??

Just wondering....

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