This is an excellent and troubling book. I would only recommend, however, that those who are well-versed in Catholic theology and history read it, for several reasons:
1) Especially in America there is a tendency to treat a pope as a living saint, and this we know from history is often far from the truth. Popes are people too and thus often succumb to their own temptations and weaknesses, which is true in this case as well as any other;
2) Someone ignorant of true Catholic theology and doctrine may construe the findings in this book to mean something it does not - namely, that either Catholic doctrine has changed (which it hasn't), or somehow it's no longer any different from any other Christian belief (which it definitely still is);
3) The Church throughout history has suffered from plenty of other terrible events, challenges, thoughts, what have you - from periods where three people all claimed to be pope to times where the pope was hostage to hostile kings/countries to times where corruption was so bad that people felt they didn't need the Church anymore. What these historical events teach us is that the Church is made up of people, many good, many bad, and we have to remain educated and vigilant lest we put too much faith in princes...
With that, I would say that this book is very enlightening about the current deplorable situation in the Vatican. If you have sturdy faith and good historical knowledge, this will be very instructive and valuable, but don't let it lead you to a place where you doubt the Truth, for it (He) always wins.
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