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World Without End - Community Reviews back

by Ken Follett
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TheBecks
TheBecks rated it 13 years ago
Let me preface this review by saying that I loved Pillars of the Earth. A lot. I thought it was almost perfect, in fact, except for one minor issue that I had with the dialogue sounding too modern for the time period (an issue I had with World Without End, too). After being engrossed in that book, l...
Mellkoh
Mellkoh rated it 13 years ago
Good book! It's huge, but infinitely readable. If I were forced to choose, I'd choose this one over Pillars, but both were good. I got the advice to put some serious distance between the two books, I think that was good advice. There is definitely similar character formation, strong woman, frust...
Timmeloche
Timmeloche rated it 14 years ago
After reading this book I felt that I had read it before. It is incredibly similar to pillars of the earth. That said, I found it disimilar enough to be very entertaining. Ken Follett does an incredible job of creating engaging and interesting characters and environments. Much of the storyline w...
Reading Wolf
Reading Wolf rated it 14 years ago
Loved this book. I cried along with the characters, laughed at their peculiarities, and gritted my teeth at their stubbornness. Definitely a re-read in future years.
JulieM
JulieM rated it 14 years ago
I had finished Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth several years ago (and loved it), but hadn't ever listened to this sequel. So many people have raved about this book and especially the great narration of the audiobook, but this book is long - over 45 hours - and between trying to keep up with my v...
Ellinor's Litventures
Ellinor's Litventures rated it 14 years ago
World without End is one of the worst books I ever read. While in The Pillars of the Earth there was a plot with a red line that guided you through the whole stroy and you always had a target - the building of the cathedral - World without End is just a random collection of episodes. I absolutely sa...
Haven
Haven rated it 14 years ago
oooo, I really liked this book.
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it 14 years ago
Pillars of the Earth was great, but a difficult read, so though I've had this for almost a year, I've been reluctant to pick it up.With good reason, it turned out. Though just as excellent a book as PotE, World Without End was almost as unpleasant a read. I was fascinated by Ken Follett's descriptio...
audreyhawkins
audreyhawkins rated it 15 years ago
My cousin nicknamed this "Book without End." Needlessly long, not very well written.
bbbart
bbbart rated it 15 years ago
Not a good as Pillars of the Earth, but nevertheless a compelling read. The characters are worked out beautifully, but because of the large numbers (4 main characters seems a lot), there are too many gaps in their individual stories.Wonderful however to get so entrenched in the wonderfully described...
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