If you loved Lonesome Dove or East of Eden, this is the book you need to read. Its truly one of the greatest stories I've ever read. This book has everything you could want out of a story. This is the first Follet i have read, and anybody who has some recommendations on what else to read by him id love to hear it. I know he is rather prolific and he has a huge library
by Odd_Fortune500
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Omg! You should read Jackdaws I love that book so much!!!!!
You should watch the show now!
I dont know, not to yuck your yum, but in my opinion Pillars of Earth doesnt come close to East of Eden by a mile either in prose or substance.
Keep reading the Kingsbridge series! The next one is also great. I personally liked the prequel more than both Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.
I’m currently about half way through the last book and enjoying it.
Just got this in a trade. Not sure when I will start it but looking forward to it.
I’ve always been interested in architecture and have wanted to read this book for ages. My aunt gave me her copy because she had two sitting around at home. Will get to it soon I hope!
I enjoyed the second of the series as well. I put some time between reading the first two and imagine It’ll be some time if I ever crack open the third.
I hated it. It’s been years so I don’t remember all the details, but I found the characters really two-dimensional and unlikeable and the plot implausible. I persevered because the setting was interesting, but I just couldn’t get into it. I think it was a DNF for me, but maybe my expectations were too high going in.
I enjoyed Eye Of The Needle a long time ago.
Never read any others by him.
A literary rollercoaster. “Oh my god everything is terrible! Hooray we’re saved, it’s all good! Oh no it all bad again! Hooray we’re saved again! Oh my god it’s all bad again!.. And now we’re saved again! “
Good lord.
First Follet for me as well.
My favorite book and author of all time. After I read Pillars of the Earth, I then read every book he ever wrote before going back to another author.
Pillars reminded me of Sarum in a lot of ways, youd probably enjoy that one. There’s a significant section about building a cathedral even. I wouldn’t really put either on the level of East of Eden though. The prose of Sarum is a tad utilitarian but I loved the historocity of it.
You’re comparing this to East of Eden? Pillars is just… meh. Extremely one-dimensional characters. Bad guys are bad guys because they’re bad guys and they do cartoonishly evil things. A lot of nonsensical things happens in this book, there’s a graphic and unnecessarily-detailed SA scene. It’s repetitive and honestly just bland. It’s not terrible, but comparing it to East of Eden is a stretch.