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World Without End by Ken Follett

22 reviews

obst_7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Amazing. The sheer lenght of this wonderful story made it feel like I was truly in the same world as the characters, which I've got to know throughout their lives. A ton of build up that leads to some memorable dramatic scenes that made me gasp out loud. The themes of loss, moving on and creating and changing (!) your own, imperfect path in life, even If it means to endure lot's of pain and failure, were woven into the whole story. Though not flawless, the book does so many things just right, even better than the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Rape, War, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

bookellish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Murder

wifeslife's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

stinekristin's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, War, Physical abuse, Rape, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Murder, War, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

joey1914's review

adventurous dark informative sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Misogyny, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Physical abuse

seanml's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

If you liked the Pillars of the Earth then you’re going to love World Without End because it is more and more of the same (in a good way). Hundreds of years after the first plot, we once again return to a narrative of multiple POVs, generational conflicts, antagonists and protagonists succeeding in the last second, questionable morals from our main characters, secrets, intrigue, Follett’s tendency to have to describe the breasts of any named female character, despicable villains who keep getting away with it, and a never-ending game of feudal chess. The book begins with four crucial characters, and we follow them through their interconnected lives in a way that is just as if not more compelling than the original. This all said, I highly recommend, with the reservations that it suffers from the same strange choices of Pillars: graphic sex, needlessly detailed rape, and everyone wanting to bang the self-insert. 8.5/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Genocide, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Stalking, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Dementia, Homophobia, Torture, Child death, Miscarriage, and Outing

jaclynszick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Cursing, Animal death, Abortion, Violence, Sexual violence, and Murder

novelyon's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, War, and Gore

Moderate: Infidelity, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

a_sterling's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

lillythebluepaladin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book took me SO LONG to finish, but it was SO WORTH IT!

I chose to give it 4 stars, because even though I loved the plot, characters and world building, the many POV’s we got were a bit hard to get through sometimes.

I either loved the characters, or wanted to rip their throats out, in a great way of course, and Follet has a wonderful and sometimes intense (and even borderline  disgusting sometimes, ‘cus the plague was not that fun and cute) writing, and I usually don’t find architecture THAT interesting, but Ken made it really insightful and exciting to read about.

This and The Pillars Of The Earth are absolutely worth reading if you want to read a story with the drama and intensity of GOT, without the dragons…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Trafficking, and War