Reviews

Eternidade por um Fio by Ken Follett

kahtayd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

evasmos's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

xperiana's review against another edition

5.0

I love this series! History served with a lot of great stories - I loved reading it. Ken Follett is a master at the art of research

battise's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

em1246's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

There are far too many characters for you to really care about but since I was more interested in the history that didn’t bother me. However this book was too long, I get the follett wanted to cover the fall of the Berlin Wall but really this book should have ended with Nixon’s downfall

bethsponz's review against another edition

4.0

This is the last book in the trilogy. This book focuses on the years from 1960 to 1989. Berlin wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy Brothers, Civil Rights, Vietnam, Watergate, Etc...Still following the families from the first two books, here we see the children and grandchildren from the first two books (which begins in early 1900’s) It is such a span of years covered and Follett knows how to give the facts and keep readers interested with his somewhat “soapy” drama. The lengths of these books are very long so it took me a couple years to finish this trilogy with many other books in between!

ansl's review against another edition

3.0

Pfoe, oké, dit was sowieso het dikste boek dat ik tot nu toe heb gelezen!
Ik moet zeggen dat het verhaal best oké was, alleen zakt het een beetje in na de dood van Robert Kennedy. Pas naar het einde toe begint het weer wat beter te worden.
Wat ik wel jammer vond, was dat je van sommige personages van in de eerste twee boeken niet eens te weten komt wat ermee gebeurt.
Oké, je hebt wel Fitz die eindelijk beseft dat zijn gedachten nogal achterhaald waren, en dat hij EINDELIJK Lloyd als zijn zoon accepteert. Maar wat met Billy? Wat met Lev? Wat met (verachtelijke) Erik? Zo jammer dat hierover niets meer wordt gezegd. Ook de dood van Maud komt maar eventjes langs..
Anyway, dit was het minste boek van de hele reeks, vooral omdat ik ook had gedacht dat er meer over de oorlog in Vietnam gesproken zou worden, of spannende spionage zou worden gedaan (WTF, Natalja is echt gewoon een Russische en helemaal geen spionne? :p), maar dat kwam niet echt voor.
Wel een mooi einde, al is het best bitter om de speech van Obama te lezen en te weten dat de meest incapabele man ooit nu president is van de VS.
Achja, ik ga wel nog eventjes in het hele wereldje blijven zitten, want met 3 dikke kleppers achter elkaar is het gewoon niet mogelijk om meteen met een ander boek te beginnen :p.

ginny17's review against another edition

3.0

Holy crap...what a long book. Overall, I'm glad I read the trilogy. His writing is pretty crappy, though. I definitely liked the historical aspects.

crowmagnum8's review against another edition

5.0

Fantastic books!

I enjoyed the trilogy from the first page until the last. I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves historical fiction.

lisanne_van_breda_trouw's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0