How this book was published is beyond me. Nothing happens in the stories (that are about depressed boring people) and I had to force myself to finish it. A complete waste of time!

I have got all of her books but I couldn't read this one. It failed to engage me and I gave it 100 pages. I tried to read it five or six times and finally had to stick it back on the shelf. Her work, like most authors, seems to be unpredictable. A good book will be followed by a mediocre collection of stories. Go figure. I loved the cover.

Utterly disappointing. Reads as though Ms. Gilchrist has become a paycheck writer, turning out product with no interest in quality. Where has the exceptional author of "The Anna Papers" gone?

The only play Shakespeare wrote that I did not like at all was "Othello." "All's Well That Ends Well" was never that popular. It lacks the hilarious tone of "The Comedy of Errors," the superb construction of "Much Ado About Nothing," or the profound messages of "The Merchant of Venice." Also, we can very well be in two minds of what to think of Bertram's rejection of Helena. The characters are not that convincing, and much of the humour is based on bad taste. But the play is not quite a flop. There are moments of suspense. There is some delightful comedy (especially when Bertram chooses to stay in battle rather than go home and marry Helena). And at times, Helena is memorable. I would not make time to read this play, but then it's not a waste of time either.

Following "Rome Or The Bush", Michael Gilchrist wrote "New Church Or True Church" after the John Paul II visited Australia in 1986.

Whilst "Rome Or The Bush" established quite reasonable concerns about the Catholic Church becoming to worldly and assimilated with mainstream secular culture like mainline Protestant denominations, Gilchrist's follow-up book offers the reader nothing new from what was stated in "Rome Or The Bush".

Rather, the theologians and authors Gilchrist was critical of in "Rome Or The Bush" are attacked with even more vehemence and in lengthier chapters, though this is done in a strange manner with highly nontraditional language that perhaps allowed me to get through "New Church Or True Church" when I first browsed it. Nonetheless, Gilchrist's viewpoints are so close to those of the hierarchy of the twenty-first century that one, today, is left seeing both this book and "Rome Or The Bush", as nothing new to any observer.

Indeed, the lack of new discovery in this book is really its clearest feature, for the hierarchy of the Catholic Church will be stating the same things for hundreds of years from today. All I could gain from this book when I rad it is a good knowledge of how ordinary Catholics think about controversial issues from the late twentieth century.

Thus, "New Church Or True Church" is not distinguished in any way, and its tone is too aggressive to make it worth recommending.

I read about half-way through this book and found that I just did not have the desire to finish it. I feel the author did not work hard enough at interpolating appropriate details to create an atmosphere. She probably put a lot of work in, but not enough for me.

Omg... no you did not find some one to publish this tripe!
Well it did have some non- vague aspects... the third chapter was wonderful and I found my self almost staying awake..