it didn't quite make my favorites; it would have been much better with less embellishment of the fact. (less) I'm going way out on a limb on this low rating, because everyone else seems to looovvvve this book. Sorry, I had a hard time wading through this work. I've read other works by Vargas Llosa and liked them. But not this one. The difficulty with The War of the End of the World is the undisguised political subtext (did I say "sub"? Wrong term, really). That author-speak hits you over the head from page one, and never lets up repeating the same thing, over and over. If you think the Anti-Christ is the ...more I'm going way out on a limb on this low rating, because everyone else seems to looovvvve this book. Sorry, I had a hard time wading through this work. I've read other works by Vargas Llosa and liked them. But not this one. The difficulty with The War of the End of the World is the undisguised political subtext (did I say "sub"? Wrong term, really). That author-speak hits you over the head from page one, and never lets up repeating the same thing, over and over. If you think the Anti-Christ is the Catholic Church and The Government, and if you're also convinced Heaven on Earth is free-love, no-taxes, do-your-own-thing, well, you might like the message enough to rave about this one. Oh yes, and if you are convinced the murderers and prostitutes are really