OK, finished the book Pope Joan and was underwhelmed.
Good book, easy read, don't get me wrong. Kept me turning the pages and thankfully, it wasn't a bodice-ripping soap opera in the grandest sense that you'd expect knowing how the Pope was unmasked, but her character did seem a little lame.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
She was in control of her own destiny which makes things less like a tragedy and more like the results of stubborn stupidity.