Any reviews for the book, "Family" by Mario Puzzo?

Answer 1

His last years Puzo spent collecting material and writing The Family, dealing with the Borgias, masters of intrigues and one of the most influential families in Renaissance Italy. The book was completed by his longtime companion, Carol Gino. "The Family does not read like a Mario Puzo novel, even a lesser one. A work of such historical depth requires strong, interesting dialogue and even stronger characters to deliver it -- the very qualities that always raised Puzo's work to a higher plane. Neither exists here." (William Heffernan in The Washington Post, January 6, 2002)

I actually preferred the Godfather...I didn't think The Family showed the rich depth of characters that you saw in his other novels and it seems the reviewer agrees.