World Without End | Continuation of an unusual subject. Way tooooo long.

World Without End | Second Verse, Same as the First

World Without End

	World Without End Dutton, 2007 average customer review:based on 395 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Continuation of an unusual subject. Way tooooo long.

I am a Ken Follett fan. I enjoyed his previous book in this series entitled "Pillars of the Earth." One thing I really enjoy about this book is the descriptions of life in early England. A second is the unusual underlying theme-construction of early English cathedrals. It is obvious that the author has done a ton of research. The big disappointments are the multiple number of plots and the huge cast of characters that, at times, seems to number in the thousands. About mid-book, you realize you may need a guide or program to remember who they are and how they fit in the story.
It is a great book that suffers from too little editing; reducing the number of pages by 200-300 would improve it immensely.

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Second Verse, Same as the First

WWE has basically the same plot as POTE. Some obvious similarities:
Jack-Merthin
Lady Aliena-Philippa
William Hamleigh-Ralph Fitzgerald
The list goes on. This book is repetitous and has the same pattern as POTE, good versus evil with a lot of architectural jargon thrown in. I loved Pillars abut soon tired of WWE. Follett is a gifted writer. He deserves to write a book about a subject that fascinates him. It was just too much for this reader.

Green Eyes Are Bad

When a novelist resorts to a green-eyed heroine, I know I'm in for a pretty hackneyed novel -- it's the cheapest shortcut to "exotique." It only took a few pages for me to discover that I was right. On the good side, this saved me from reading hundreds of other stale, hackneyed, predictable pages.

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