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A review by queeneallie
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
2.0
SPOILER ALERT At over one thousand pages long, this book is too long. Yes, Follett covers fifteen years. But he spends chapters on a week's time...and then towards the end he completely skips over seven years. Why did George marry Verena out of nowhere? Especially when the wedding scene follows almost on the heels of George finally sleeping with Maria? That was a bracing edit.
Also, Follett described Maria and JFK's first encounter as little better than a rape. I was disgusted by that scene.
There's almost nothing about England. ETH Leckwith makes a great intro speech about how she'll fight for homosexual rights....then we only have one other scene with her. And...no Margaret Thatcher???
Apparently the Iran Contra affair wasn't interesting, so Follett left it out. I guess he was too busy writing extra marital affairs for ALL of his characters. No one is faithful. I'm not trying to be moral, but it got boring after a while to read about infidelity so often.
Overall a bad ending to an otherwise good trilogy. I wish he had tightened up this book. It dragged on, while still glossing over huge parts of history.
Also, Follett described Maria and JFK's first encounter as little better than a rape. I was disgusted by that scene.
There's almost nothing about England. ETH Leckwith makes a great intro speech about how she'll fight for homosexual rights....then we only have one other scene with her. And...no Margaret Thatcher???
Apparently the Iran Contra affair wasn't interesting, so Follett left it out. I guess he was too busy writing extra marital affairs for ALL of his characters. No one is faithful. I'm not trying to be moral, but it got boring after a while to read about infidelity so often.
Overall a bad ending to an otherwise good trilogy. I wish he had tightened up this book. It dragged on, while still glossing over huge parts of history.