Nadine (23dollars) - reviewed on 9/17/2012 + 432 more book reviews

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I read WORLD WITHOUT END with a few buddies in my online book club, The Reading Cove.

Wow, what a story!

Much like its predecessor (The Pillars of the Earth), this sequel is like a juicy soap opera of the late Middle Ages. There are some dull passages dealing with church and state politics, wars, economics of the times, etc., but those passages don't last long enough to detract from the drama, drama, drama!

Caris, Merthin, Glenda, Wulfric, Ralph, Godwyn, Philemon. Thomas. Wow! They all come to life quite vividly within these pages.

I must admit, though, that after 800+ pages, the cycle of obstacles to fight became redundant. The wicked triumphed over the good over and over (and over) again and it wore a bit thin for me, so I had to put the book down and read something else for a while. Nevertheless, the characters are so well developed they bring out a plethora of emotions as you feel what they feel, and see the times through their eyes.

Now, at 1,025 pages...could the story have been a few hundred shorter without losing anything? Sure. But I still have to give it an A- for sheer entertainment value!

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