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iphigenie72 's review for:
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett
I bought this when it came out and it was so bulky that with my school books, it was too heavy to be a practical read... but now that I have an e-reader, it became a must read now. I really enjoy Ken Follett's books especially the ones who have something to do with history (I loved all his spy dramas involving WWII) and I expected to love this and I wasn't disappointed.
There's a lot of characters, but once you start reading and getting to know them, you won't get them mixed up, each has his own personality and story. I personally like a book that is character heavy, my favorite author - Charles Dickens - was a master in that art. I think Mr. Follett did a very good job with his characters... I think I loved who I was supposed to and disliked one particular character (Fitz), but I loved despising him :). There's only one thing that really annoyed me... and since it's a spoiler, I'm saying it now... so next paragraph DO NOT READ if you don't want spoiling.
Like I said, the only major thing that got me is that with this big war (WWI) that took most of the book and was marvelously well represented no principal character died. That just doesn't feel right with history... I know it is a fictional story and I got really attached to characters, but it kind of took away the excitement in the end, this survival of all of them. That's my only bug about this book... That said, it's a good read and I recommend it to all historical drama fans.
There's a lot of characters, but once you start reading and getting to know them, you won't get them mixed up, each has his own personality and story. I personally like a book that is character heavy, my favorite author - Charles Dickens - was a master in that art. I think Mr. Follett did a very good job with his characters... I think I loved who I was supposed to and disliked one particular character (Fitz), but I loved despising him :). There's only one thing that really annoyed me... and since it's a spoiler, I'm saying it now... so next paragraph DO NOT READ if you don't want spoiling.
Like I said, the only major thing that got me is that with this big war (WWI) that took most of the book and was marvelously well represented no principal character died. That just doesn't feel right with history... I know it is a fictional story and I got really attached to characters, but it kind of took away the excitement in the end, this survival of all of them. That's my only bug about this book... That said, it's a good read and I recommend it to all historical drama fans.