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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
Of course, I loved Pillars of the Earth all those years ago. I started this book with great anticipation. I found the storyline decent, but the language just detracted too much. Did they really use words like shag 1000 years ago? The language just seemed too modern for the plot line. It’s smacks of trying to talk down to your audience and use language. they might be familiar with, but just didn’t go well with the storyline and this time in history.
100 Stars!
I'm so sad that I have finished this one.
Excellent. Excellent. Almost 1000 pages (again) and every word was worth it!
I'm so sad that I have finished this one.
Excellent. Excellent. Almost 1000 pages (again) and every word was worth it!
4.5 rounded up. So long it’s been sitting on the shelf a bit til I could find time to read it. Follett writes another epic tale of Knightsbridge. Never much enjoyed medieval historical fiction but I love Follett’s stuff. And now there is another addition to the series coming this year. Yay!
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As usual, an amazing story! Pillars of the Earth is one of my all-time favorite books, and this prequel is Fantastic!
Ever wonder how Kingsbridge was formed and made its place on the map? Here is your chance to step back into The Dark Ages to meet Follett’s new characters on their way to forming what we will know to be the start of Pillars of the Earth.
The author as always does a remarkable job with bringing history alive. I only wish he would make these 4 books into illustrated tabletop versions (like Rowling has done with Harry Potter) so we can see pictures of the clothing, tools, landscape, bridges and cathedrals. He has a clear love of relationships, conflict, good v evil, power and love. It is all a great combination to keep your interest and wanting more.
As I have in the past, I listened to John Lee narrate wonderfully as always. He is the perfect pick and obviously a favorite. I highly recommend you read the earliest installment in whatever form you choose.
The author as always does a remarkable job with bringing history alive. I only wish he would make these 4 books into illustrated tabletop versions (like Rowling has done with Harry Potter) so we can see pictures of the clothing, tools, landscape, bridges and cathedrals. He has a clear love of relationships, conflict, good v evil, power and love. It is all a great combination to keep your interest and wanting more.
As I have in the past, I listened to John Lee narrate wonderfully as always. He is the perfect pick and obviously a favorite. I highly recommend you read the earliest installment in whatever form you choose.
5 Stars. The Evening and The Morning by Ken Follet. In 2013, I read Follet's Pillars of the Earth. I LOVED that book - the time period, the country, the characters. 7 years later, I am stuck in a pandemic with limited travelling or socialization, and have found myself reading more, to be transported into worlds and times to fuel my imagination and offer me a small reprieve from reality. The Evening and the Morning has done that, and I have spent 5 days in Dreng's Ferry/the beginning of King's Bridge.
From my Pillars review: "It had characters that pulled themselves up when you thought they'd NEVER recover, it had VILLAINS that were so evil and despised that you could hardly continue because they were so horrible, but you had to read more because you just HAD to see how the good people overcame. If I had to say anything negative about this book, I do feel the last part (6?) was rushed. Follett spends over 800 pages developing these amazing characters and the last 200 or so were just wrapped up so quickly." I would pretty much say the same thing about this 1000 page prequel, which takes places in 997AD (the Dark Ages). The story centers around a boat builder (turned builder of society) Edgar; Ragna, a noblewoman who married an English nobleman for love, only to find she has married into a corrupt, evil family; and Aldred, a pious monk who wants to see might set right. All three main characters yearn for love and things they cannot have, but their entertwined stories draw the reader in, and 1000 pages go by quick and do not seem to be enough!
From my Pillars review: "It had characters that pulled themselves up when you thought they'd NEVER recover, it had VILLAINS that were so evil and despised that you could hardly continue because they were so horrible, but you had to read more because you just HAD to see how the good people overcame. If I had to say anything negative about this book, I do feel the last part (6?) was rushed. Follett spends over 800 pages developing these amazing characters and the last 200 or so were just wrapped up so quickly." I would pretty much say the same thing about this 1000 page prequel, which takes places in 997AD (the Dark Ages). The story centers around a boat builder (turned builder of society) Edgar; Ragna, a noblewoman who married an English nobleman for love, only to find she has married into a corrupt, evil family; and Aldred, a pious monk who wants to see might set right. All three main characters yearn for love and things they cannot have, but their entertwined stories draw the reader in, and 1000 pages go by quick and do not seem to be enough!
Hadn't read Ken Follett in years, but after my husband raved about this I picked it up and was immediately enthralled. Fantastic story telling. The only trouble is, now I have to read the whole series, and at 1,000 pages each I may be here a while . . .!!!