Rose P. (magiccityrose) - , reviewed on 2/1/2008 + 15 more book reviews

I was disappointed with how it seemed everyone in this interesting story were either sexually motivated or sexually deviant. From the landless peasants to the Bishops and everyone in between every one was sexually active, heterosexually or homosexually and if not they thought that "sex" was a sin, forget about the sanctity of marriage. You tend to lose respect for the hero and heroine Caris and Merthen when they are copulating every chance they get. The Monks and the Nuns depicted seemed to have a vocation to self indulgence and gratification not to the Lord. Political motivation and not spiritual motivation was the main calling. It's obvious to me that Ken Follett thought the Church was in ruins during this period in history run by a bunch of ignorant selfish arrogant men and if it wasn't for Caris we would still be in the dark ages.

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