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Holistic Guidance - World Without End
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List Price: $35.00
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Manufacturer: Dutton
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Dutton
Manufacturer: Dutton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1024
Publication Date: 2007-10-09
Publisher: Dutton
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Studio: Dutton
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Editorial Reviews:
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"Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most-anticipated sequel of the year World Without End. In 1989 Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. Critics were overwhelmed and readers everywhere hoped for a sequel. World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroad of new ideas about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race -- the Black Death. Three years in the writing, and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World Without End breathes new life into the epic historical novel and once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft."
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Summary: Compelling
Comment: Listening to this audiobook on a recent 18-hour solo drive, I gained an understanding of what daily life was like in Medieval times through this fascinating story. I was drawn into the lives of the characters to the point that I was anxious to get up early on day two of my trip just so I could find out what was happening. Wonderful story, skillfully told. I will read more Ken Follett in the future.
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Summary: Trite without End ....
Comment: I dislike being so very negative, but this book really has no redeeming features and I often found myself wondering if a very inadequate ghost writer had actually penned it. Propelled by all the hype, WWE was chosen as summer reading fare for our book club, else I never would have finished it. Insulting to the reader's intelligence, it is nothing more than a soap opera of the worst kind. Another reviewer suggests that it could have been redeemed had it been subjected to the sharp knife of a good editor. I say forget the sharp knife and use a kitchen mandoline to shred it into julienne strips. The recycling bin is where it belongs. Life too short to subject yourself to this type of shallow, poorly written fare.
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Summary: Good but not great
Comment: Part of the allure of "Pillars of the Earth", the book that preceded this one, is the originality of it. This one seems like a slightly paler version of the first book. It takes place in the same English town, Kingsbridge, and has dastardly lords, poor but honest peasants, and clergy who jostle for position and power. There is plenty of action, but to me the characters were not as interesting or compelling as the ones in the first book. It was clear that the peasants would be exploited by the upper classes, so I just gritted my teeth and suffered through the cruelties knowing that eventually all would be well. If I had read this book first, I might have had a slightly different opinion of it, but it did seem like a less compelling version of the first one.
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Summary: PAGE BURNER
Comment: After I read Pillars, I thought to myself, "no I want more," and then I found out, "hey there was more." I think this one might even surpass pillars in the emotional connections the reader makes with the characters. I finished this one in 3 days, KEN FOLLETT GIVE ME MORE!!!!!!!
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Summary: Not worth the money, or the time to read it.
Comment: I simply cannot believe that this was written by Ken Follett. Abortion, murder, sodomy, lesbianism- all involving the members of the town's convent and priory as well as its bishop? A nun, who later becomes prioress, who doesn;t believe in God? Who is allowed to simply be released from her vows after ten or so years, after taking them in the first place to prevent being burned as a witch? This same nun has an abortion, and an on again, off again affair with her long time love, has an abortion, refuses to marry him on more than one occasion, but won;t allow him to find a wife of his own? The main character's selfishness is simply appalling, even more so in that she is a religious. What anti Catholic drivel. 21st century "moral" standards transported smack dab into the middle of the 14th century. Plot was completely unbelievable and poorly written. Too much nonsense for this to be considered "historical" fiction. Fiction yes, historical, not in this life. Will not read anything by this author again, and I will now endeavor to unload this garbage on ebay. If unsuccessful at that, will simply relegate it to the trash.
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