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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

7 reviews

rideauriverreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, War, Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism

expandingmybookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Blood, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Nothing beats a big book when you can get fully immersed in the world and the characters, and that's what happened with this 1000-page tome for me! I was intrigued from early on and while, on the whole, it was a slow-paced book, some parts felt like page turners. 

The pacing was a little funny at times and given the investment and build-up to certain parts, I expected some of them to pack more of a punch and to evoke more emotion, but the way they were narrated got in the way and made the story feel a little flat at times.

Still, a great book! Perfect if you love huge books, or are fascinated by 12th Century English history, cathedrals, or the art of constructing grand buildings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Gore, War, Death, and Death of parent

delilah92700's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This was suuuuuuch a long, but exciting read!!
KEN FOLLETT SERIOUSLY KNOWS HOW TO WRITE TENSE AND EXCITING BOOKS!
My only criticism is probably how much "boobie" talk there was in it, that definetly made it clear that this was written by a middle aged man, BUT his female characters are most of the time greatly written, and the characters being all "booobiee, brrreastss, badonkas" were either extremely "thirsty" or disgusting misogynists, so it sense with their personalities and relationships, and we are talking about the middle ages, so I will let that slide.

Warning tho: This book is very graphic. The medieval ages were not fun to be in, and that is veeery reflected in this book. Check up on content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

ariane_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Pillars of the Earth is far more engaging and compelling than a book about building a cathedral has any right to be. It's a very hard read, as it is one disaster after another, but it's incredibly engaging, to the point that you don't want to put it down, because you have to know what happens next. And it's never good, what happens next. Characters have runs of good luck only to lose everything and have to start over. It has an oddly hopeful ending, and everything is neatly tied together and explained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Blood, Pregnancy, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Antisemitism, and Abandonment