5.87k reviews for:

I pilastri della terra

Ken Follett

4.18 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced
adventurous emotional inspiring 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
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Despite the clunky writing, the (what struck me as) rather out-dated, male-gaze depictions and the err.... clunky writing, I quite enjoyed this book. Not sure why exactly. I guess there was a satisfying tension and release rhythm to it that wasn’t too taxing. Not too bad.
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DID NOT FINISH: 8%

Got the ick from the main character having sex and proposing to another woman within 24 hours of losing his wife in childbirth. Clearly written by a man I’m not interested in reading from.
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes