The Pillars of the Earth, [Hardcover] by Ken Follett
by Ken Follet
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Author: Ken FolletEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2007
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Unknown
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Book Review: A Massive Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
If this book could have lived up to the promise of its cover design, it would have been literature; as it is it's a cartoonish artless mess. It has all the credibility and narrative tension of a Redwall novel, and none of that series' character development. Peppered with false dramatic moves and momentary conflicts that go nowhere and are quickly resolved, it grows bored with its own subject, architecture, at moments when it should be most clear, and devotes pages to distracting side stories (I was skimming by page 75). At its best it moves right along; the writing is transparent, which is a kind way of saying without style, grace, or flare (and is thus no delight to read but neither is it a chore) but at least it tells its story. However at it's worst it becomes preposterous, as when central character, Tom's wife dies, and he abandons his newborn son, and literally within minutes he's seduced in the middle of the woods by a mysterious beautiful forest maiden who lives a lot like Bilbo Baggins. Follett's narrative style is loaded with contemporary terminology and his characters speak as if this were a Monty Python sketch. I got the feeling Follett was making a play for Umberto Eco status but ended up Douglas Preston in sackcloth. Everything interesting about this book can be had from David Macaulay's "Cathedral The Story of its Construction," the illustrated paperback. I was genuinely disappointed; it was like opening a leather-bound edition of Shakespeare only to find the plays drawn out in stick figures.
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