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date pub edition Jun 15, 2004
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date pub edition Oct 09, 2007
Darcy's rating my rating review This, unfortunately, as I can vaguely recall from 1990, wasn't nearly as good as "The Pillars of the Earth ". Then again, maybe my then-just-barely-tee...more
This, unfortunately, as I can vaguely recall from 1990, wasn't nearly as good as "The Pillars of the Earth ". Then again, maybe my then-just-barely-teen mind has made the earlier book into something it wasn't. "World Without End", or, as I believe my Mother called it, "Book Without End" does indeed go on forever, to the point where I wondered how in the world Follett could possibly end it (haha, without end, oh how droll). And then it just stopped. After 1000+ pages, I should have guessed as much. The characters, surprisingly, weren't all that complex, and one would think that after that many pages one would know pretty much all there is to know about a character, down to the color of their undergarments (or, in this book's case, whether they wore any). The novel essentially went through a specific pattern over and over again. Protagonist comes up with an idea for themselves or others to prosper; gets thwarted by some malicious and self-serving antagonist who is prone to random bouts of violence and rape; protagonist comes up with way to get back at antagonist; antogonist usually but not always prevails. It happens at least 40 times in the novel, and it's more than wearisome. I enjoyed probably the first 300 pages or so, when the pattern was still new to me. And I stuck with the novel to the close because a)I did end up liking the two main characters, Caris and Merthin, so I needed to see where and how they ended up, and b)I was on two cross-continental flights and it was the only book I had.(less)
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date pub 1967
date pub edition Feb 28, 2006
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date pub edition Aug 27, 2002
Darcy's rating my rating review I had to stop reading this. I made it to page 250, and since that is halfway and I didn't get even one iota of reading enjoyment out of this novel, I...more
I had to stop reading this. I made it to page 250, and since that is halfway and I didn't get even one iota of reading enjoyment out of this novel, I figured it was time to stop. Who knows, maybe all of the excellent things happen in the latter half of the book. All I know is that Franzen must not have had an editor of any kind. I suppose I'm a fan of sparser language, of language that accomplishes what it sets out to do with as little use of flowery distractions as possible. I like economy without loss of feeling and meaning. This is why I love Annie Proulx. This is why I love Ernest Hemingway. This is why I love Elmore Leonard. Amd Gabriel Garcia Marquez. On almost every page I felt brow-beaten by Franzen's too self-consciously artistic passages.(less)
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isbn13 9780451460912
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517
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date pub edition May 02, 2006
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date pub 1998
date pub edition Nov 01, 1999
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322
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avg rating 3.98
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