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Book #64 - World Without End
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Ken Follett, writer of my all time favorite book Pillars of the Earth, has done it again. With his new tome World Without End, he takes us back to Kingsbridge Prior and introduces us to the descendants of Jack Builder. Coming in at just over 1000 pages - I still managed to read it in about three days. I won’t say it’s as good as Pillars, because it’s not, but it definitely stands on it’s own and is excellent. You don’t need to have read Pillars either, because other than being set in roughly the same spot and alluding to some of the main characters, it’s not a sequel.
Basically, it chronicles the life of two brothers, and two girls. One brother moves through the life of knighthood to earldom while the other brother goes from apprentice to architect. The two girls live distinctly different lives - one being high-borne and one being very low-borne. Their lives continue to intersect and there are more twists than in daytime drama. Throughout, the town of Kingsbridge and the priory cathedral remain central figures, and the new addition of the plague swarming through Europe makes for some serious storytelling.
If you’re into 18th century English townships and priories with all their sordid goings on, I think you’ll love Follett’s latest creation.
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. . .More twists than daytime drama, but they don’t make the faces like John and Marlena. How, just HOW can you READ? TV is so much better!!!
(Just kidding.)
Did you know John died? For real this time! It was almost sad, although I FFd through most of the Marlena-crying scenes.
Anyway, I tend to apply John Black eyebrow raises in my imagination