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Product Reviews:
World Without End |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: world without end/book
Comments: This is the sequal to Pillars of the Earth. I was looking forward to reading this book.
Exciting, interesting and it supplied many hours of reading. Learning about history and the making is fun and a great way to pass time.
Ken Follett keeps you reading unitl you find you are at the end of the book and still wanting to learn more. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: World Without End
Comments: Best Book I have ever read, or the best 2 books I ever read. Follett is an exceptional writer and interpretor of history. We have read alalmost all all of his books. This is our 1st read on a Kindle. 5's all around.
Tom Wald |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Book without end
Comments: This book was long and detailed version of life in the medieval times however some of the language was not correct for the time, nor was the thinking. I think Ken Follett's 21st century personality got in the way of the history. however it was fun to read another1of his books. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Follett excels in this genre
Comments: I only decided to read this novel (And Pillars of the Earth) because of their positive reviews. I have never had any interest in reading books set in bloody middle-ages England. Well, Follett's books are so engrossing that I actually gave up some of my regular television watching just to find out what was going to happen next to these richly defined characters. I think I read "Pillars" in only 4 days. "World without End" has about10main characters; and Follett makes it easy to keep up with them and gives hints about what happened to them earlier. It also became easier in this book for me to accept the gory episodes that occasionally cropped up - in fact I actually enjoyed them.
I guess that proves to me that sometimes I should listen to the vast majority; and hope that Follett churns out another one. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: Modern soap opera in a medieval setting
Comments: I remember enjoying Pillars of the Earth when I read it 15 years ago, so I decided to give this1a try. What a disappointment. I was expecting historical fiction and what I read was a soap opera in a medieval setting. What bothered me the almost all, was the use of modern English vocabulary and 21st century values in the story. This anachronism makes the story nothing more than a cheap bodice ripper with a nice medieval setting. The heroine is especially unlikely. A 13 century woman who is an staunch atheist and undergoes an abortion so that she can focus on her career is not believable. And she uses the word "hocus-pocus" to describe religious beliefs!!
The story itself has some entertainment value (hence 2 stars), however do not expect an accurate depiction of medieval life. |
