A Creed for the Third Millennium

A Creed for the Third Millennium
By Colleen McCullough
0380701340

This review will have spoilers, so there's your fair warning. I was expecting something very different when I saw the cover of this book. And seeing who the author was, I got past that first reaction and decided to read it anyway. Wow, it was a tough book. I think it would have been better if the main characters had even had a flirtation, the ending would have been much more shocking. I honestly didn't see things coming, though some might say it was predictable. I was honestly shocked about the 'Judas' thing and I'm a Christian! I noticed his name in the beginning, but forgot about the similarities after a few chapters. So I was shocked that I didn't notice 'Judas' in the beginning too! The back of the book says "the woman he loves sets out to destroy him" which I found grossly inaccurate. I don't think she set out to destroy him as much as use him. He ends up destroyed, but even she didn't see the extent it would go to. She was just as shocked as everyone else, though she realized how he had played the part she had written for him- to perfection, more so than she had thought possible. The Chicago Tribune, quoted on the back of the book, calls it "passionate," which I disagree with. Again, I keep coming back in my mind to the thought that there should have been more between them than a tiny kiss and his declaration that she was more in need of love than anyone else. I do like the end, when Judith doesn’t do what the reader expects her to do! Finally, I thought, a moment of realism. All around, because I am itching to write my own scenes to insert, it only gets:
7/10