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 Book Without End Mar 08, 2010
I was looking forward to reading this book, as I quite enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. However, I was pretty disappointed with it. It is effectively the same book again, but with different character names.
It also is about 500 pages too long. There are plenty of pages, but nothing much really happens in them. The characters are fairly two dimensional and I didn't really care much about them by the end. In fact, I skim read the last half and the last few hundred pages felt like a chore to read. I actually had to force myself to finish it. I just skipped over the sex scenes as they were boring and repetitious.
If you like Follett, this is going to be very satisfying Mar 02, 2010
I have read a dozen or so Follett books. Some of them are stinkers. The best is probably Pillars of the Earth. World Without End is the sequel as you know. It takes place a couple of hundred years after the 1st book. And other than the local and distant relations, your basically dealing with a new set of characters.
What is not new (and what Follett's readers will be glad for) is that Follett revisits the writing style of Pillars. He takes the struggle, the soap opera never ending episodes and re-uses the format to great effect here. This time he has at the core a young to middling couple. He follows their lives from childhood to old age. As time passes, he follows the progress of the town and the lives of many other characters as well. Its all very good. Each chapter has a bit of drama that keeps you engaged.
I dont think you can go wrong here for a good old fashioned page turner.
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 Disappointing Feb 28, 2010
The first book, Pillars Of The Earth, had sweep, epic drama, noble characters, mystery. But this book celebrates pettiness: petty politicking, thievery, ego, sexual peccadilloes. The character of Godwyn, the small-minded prior, is particularly unpleasant. After 5 or 6 hundred pages the book became a skim-as-fast-as-you-can slog.
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Aweful Feb 26, 2010
I purchased this book based on all the positive reviews. What a disappointment. This book is contrived and pointless. The characters are unbelievable and the plot is juvenile. It is 700 pages too long. If you are looking for an immoral, pro abortion, Catholic bashing book then this is for you, otherwise don't waste your money.
 Captivating Feb 25, 2010
Will someone please convince Ken Follett to write a sequel, set in the Renaissance? I just read this book on my Kindle (the perfect vehicle for a 1,000 page-plus novel) and now I must decompress before I can even imagine getting into another book. At times I wanted to strangle Follett for keeping Merthin and Caris apart, but I knew he would bring them back together at the end. And will someone please ask HBO to make the movie?
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