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A review by cllamach
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
3.0
A great book, a fitting end to an amazing trilogy, it catches you from the start and at least for me was a point of finishing in a couple of days with a long sitting in one day in which i practically devoured more than half the book.
A vision of times of great changes, expertly combined with human and personals histories that give this book a sense of placement in space rather than just the time of political shifts and conflicts. A great cast of characters, although i must say that lacking in regards of the first two entries of the series, but with a good touch of endings for some that were a part of the stories since the first book, not so, in my opinion, for the ones in the center of this particular novel.
That is the thing that did this book great for me, reconnecting with names and personalities that make a deep impact in "The Fall of the Giants" and the "Winter of the World", and although some were left implied, it's lack of closure felt for the primary ones in this last entry that leaves a weird taste after closing the book.
Without a doubt the fall of the infamous wall is the perfect point from a historical point to set an end to the historical part of the novel, but the fictional part of it, somewhat suffers for it, some of the most charismatic and dear characters were in the URSS, that continued to exist still for some time after the german reunification and missing to show the reader their reactions, expectations, plans and dreams make it hard to say i was satisfied with a mere epilogue that treated only a single portion, and i would dare to say not the main one, of the political conflicts in the book.
So, making a long list of ramblings late in the night short... a great book with a expected, but somewhat lacking ending for a book expected by me for years.
A vision of times of great changes, expertly combined with human and personals histories that give this book a sense of placement in space rather than just the time of political shifts and conflicts. A great cast of characters, although i must say that lacking in regards of the first two entries of the series, but with a good touch of endings for some that were a part of the stories since the first book, not so, in my opinion, for the ones in the center of this particular novel.
That is the thing that did this book great for me, reconnecting with names and personalities that make a deep impact in "The Fall of the Giants" and the "Winter of the World", and although some were left implied, it's lack of closure felt for the primary ones in this last entry that leaves a weird taste after closing the book.
Without a doubt the fall of the infamous wall is the perfect point from a historical point to set an end to the historical part of the novel, but the fictional part of it, somewhat suffers for it, some of the most charismatic and dear characters were in the URSS, that continued to exist still for some time after the german reunification and missing to show the reader their reactions, expectations, plans and dreams make it hard to say i was satisfied with a mere epilogue that treated only a single portion, and i would dare to say not the main one, of the political conflicts in the book.
So, making a long list of ramblings late in the night short... a great book with a expected, but somewhat lacking ending for a book expected by me for years.