Nacida en un pueblo pesquero en el seno de una acomodada familia judía, María Magdalena se caracterizó, ya desde sus primeros años, por su inusitado deseo de conocimiento. Fue también en su infancia cuando comenzaron sus visiones, hecho que marcaría su vida para siempre. Abocada a un largo y tortuoso proceso de transformación espiritual, huyó al desierto. Allí su destino se cruzó con el de un joven profeta, Jesús, cuyas palabras le ayudarían a encontrar un sentido no sólo a sus visiones, sino también a su existencia. Convencida del mensaje, pasó a formar parte del círculo más cercano de Jesús, contribuyendo activamente a la forja de un nueva fe. María Magdalena decidió entregarse totalmente a esa misión y continuó con la divulgación de la palabra de Jesús, incluso después de la muerte de éste. Su elección, sin embargo, la obligó a renunciar a su marido e hija, un sacrificio que despertó todo tipo de rumores que han llegado hasta nuestros días.

This is one of many books I've read where I've found the first 1/3 to 1/2 to be way more interesting than the rest of the book. I don't know why exactly, but it's like when Jesus showed up as an adult the story ground to a screeching halt and got really repetitive - the group that would become the apostles sits around waiting for Jesus to come back, finding people who doubt Jesus, they deal with one person's doubting family, they sit around and wait some more. Just circles of nothing happening.

The premise started out pretty interesting, it just got dull in the middle. BUT I did REALLY appreciate a story about Mary Magdalene where she's not in love with Jesus and has no sexual relationship with him at all. She pretty much says in the book that while she has affection and respect for Jesus it's not that she's in love with him or attracted to him, even though he has a weird magnetic quality. That was just a nice change of pace, a Mary Magdalene who's not a prostitute and isn't in love with Jesus. ( )

Good but long ( )

Overlong fictional biography of Mary, covering how she was possessed by demons and how her encounter with Jesus caused her to join his group of disciples. Views the construction of the church after Jesus crucifixion and the roles of women in the 1st century. ( )

It's a very well written story, especially since there isn't much written about Mary; in the Bible or elsewhere.
There are good messages in the book: many interpretations of versus, not one religion is perfect, live in the now, not the past or future, tell people you love them now, don't wait... etc. ( )