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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5043.The_Pillars_of_the_Earth?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Pillars of the Earth" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517379m/5043.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5043.The_Pillars_of_the_Earth?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Pillars of the Earth</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3447.Ken_Follett">Ken Follett</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18497707?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>I'm really picky about my historical fiction, and I did enjoy several aspects of this book, such as the vivid moods and links to real historical events. However, I found the characters to be one dimensional and the villains to be almost cartoonish. Nonetheless, I took several long trips over the last month, and I'd choose this 973 page tome on a flight over an excruciating viewing of "Fool's Gold" any day. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/791844?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>