World Without End
by Ken Follett
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Author: Ken FollettEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
Published: 2007-10-31
ISBN: 0333908422
Number of pages: 1111
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Book Reviews of World Without End
Book Review: Why did it have to end? Great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having read "The Pillars of the Earth" earlier this year, I didn't wait long to pick up this volume. The first three hundred pages were very reminiscent of the first book, but then it came into its own. Contrary to the few reviewers on this site who panned the book as dull and its characters as poorly developed, I enjoyed the book thoroughly. In fact, this 60 year old college professor was very sad when the book ended. I felt like I had lived the main characters lives with them and that I knew them like friends or relatives. Yes, Follett inserted many anachronisms in speech and sensibility. But the book makes you realize the humanity of those who lived in those days and the constraints they lived under. The two main characters - Merthin and Caris - are very unusual in their times. However, that makes them stand out in as individuals. Most of their peers believed in spirits and potions. The medieval doctors in the book believed in humors and bleeding, beliefs that lasted into the 18th century. But there must have been many skeptics during this century, like the two protagonists. To follow up on the novel, I'm re-reading Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," written later in the 14th century in which "World Without End" takes place. The number of lecherous monks, adulterous wives and libidinous episodes is rather high in Chaucer. The sophistication of the people narrating Chaucers "Tales" correlates well with the advanced consciousness of Follett's characters. But Follett is writing in the 21st century, for us. His novel speaks to us and is not intended to be limited to what was current thinking in 1360. He is a great storyteller. If you can't enjoy this book, I feel sorry for you.
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