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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy #1) - Community Reviews back

by Ken Follett
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Musings of a Book Addict
Musings of a Book Addict rated it 12 years ago
Usually a book with this many story lines makes my head hurt, but this book is really brilliant and engrossing. I also really appreciate when men write such whole, complete, and interesting female characters.
Carpe Librum
Carpe Librum rated it 12 years ago
I just finished reading this book for the second time and feel just as strongly that it deserves 5 stars as the first time that I read it when it originally was released. Follett does an amazing job of delivering enough information to fill a history textbook through the conduits of characters so int...
Can't live without Reading!
Can't live without Reading! rated it 12 years ago
A book written so well, that it takes you to the time it is set in... I just did not want to stop reading it and am glad that the second part is already out there and I can start reading it...
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 12 years ago
Fall of giants, Ken FollettAbsent the inclusion of unnecessary titillating sex scenes, which often trivialized the importance of this work of historic fiction, this is a riveting tale which examines the forces leading up to World War One, including the background and often incidental reasons for eac...
natyblooming
natyblooming rated it 12 years ago
Master story teller...great read.
Ramblin' Writings
Ramblin' Writings rated it 12 years ago
I love reading fiction based on history. The author focuses on individuals who were not major players yet played key roles in the development of this historical period. This is the first book in a trilogy and I look forward to continuing the saga.
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it 12 years ago
not as good as pillars of earth, but i'm ready for book 2
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
Dedication: To the Memory of my parents, Martin and Veenie FollettOpening of Part One: THE DARKENING SKY22 JUNE 1911On the day King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London, Billy Williams went down the pit in Aberowen, South Wales. ---Page 281, opening of Part Two: THE WAR OF GIANTSEARLY...
Get Lost in the Stacks
Get Lost in the Stacks rated it 13 years ago
Such a long book! I'm really glad I finished it. Follett, while over writes some details like the exact brand of gun or grenade, weaves a good tale. You grow to love the characters and wonder what happens to them. This and the fact that within each chapter, the story jumps from family to family so s...
Dem
Dem rated it 13 years ago
At 985 pages, Fall of the Giants is a massive tome and the first book in The Century Trilogy, follows the fates of five interrelated families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle f...
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