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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: "Night Over Water" was a highly enjoyable read. Eventhough the book starts out slow and uneventful, Ken Follett does an exceptional job developing the characters. I rated this book a 4 (which should be 4 1/2) because for the first half of the book I found it hard to concentrate and stay entertained. Follett jumps from one character to another explaining their life history and how they have ended up on the plane. Once the plane takes off, the story really begins to soar. Much to my surprise, the author also incorporates a series of romantic adventures. This was the first Ken Follett book I've read and it will definitely not be the last!
Rating:
Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: "Night Over Water" was a highly enjoyable read. Eventhough the book starts out slow and uneventful, Ken Follett does an exceptional job developing the characters. I rated this book a 4 (which should be 4 1/2) because for the first half of the book I found it hard to concentrate and stay entertained. Follett jumps from one character to another explaining their life history and how they have ended up on the plane. Once the plane takes off, the story really begins to soar. Much to my surprise, the author also incorporates a series of romantic adventures. This was the first Ken Follett book I've read and it will definitely not be the last!
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Summary: Aviation Hit
Review: Author or Under the Lontar Palm ISBN: 1588510980
Night Over Water is an aviation fiction buff's dream. If you like learning about how old planes flew and how WWII era people acted, this is the book. Very eye opening, historical and fun. Great work!
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Summary: Always count on being pleased.
Review: I marvel at the fact that Mr. Follett continues to write pleasing books.They are full of action,plenty of sociology to consider and with his understanding of the English and American personal views are without a question, outstanding. I have regressed in reading this one, somehow I missed it years ago. It is the twelfth I have read, I shall enjoy continuing to read his novels. Always a joy.
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Summary: My first Follett book, not bad
Review: I thought this story was interesting enough to keep you reading and I found the concept of a flying overnight boat to be interesting. I love books that take place during world war 2 so I liked the setting as well. The characters, to me, acted fine, they were much better drawn than people in some of the other books I read and they acted understandably. Diana got jealous, and sulky, Margeret had surprising dimensions as you read through the book ( at the beginning she seems like a good little crusader), I liked Harry's character, I thought he was really amusing. I didn't think Nancy was that interesting but she gave the book flavor, and I liked Mervyn more than I liked Diana's other lover. The political situations and beliefs added spice to the story, as well as the conflicts.
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Summary: A GOOD READ
Review: Ken follet has a unique grasp which he loosens and tightens as and when he wishes.
I wish this book was more exciting and could have been a real masterpiece.
But anyways since i am a hard core fan of Follet i read all his books.
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Summary: One of Follett's more simplistic tales
Review: Ken Follett can write better than this, and he has on several occasions. That said, this is still a better thriller than 95% of the novels in the genre - the rating is based solely on that comparison.As other reviewers have pointed out, Follett gives the reader an excellent course in the design, interior, and the "feel" of the Pan Am Clipper; I didn't know anything about this aircraft before I read the book, and Follett's lessons are designed so that any layman can understand them. But while the plot of this story is well-designed and totally logical, the people come off as cartoon characters. None of them are fully developed human beings in any sense of the word. And the conclusion is curiously incomplete - something unusual in a Ken Follett novel. As an introduction to Follett's work this would turn anyone off of his other, much better, works - "The Key to Rebecca" and "Eye of the Needle", to name two. I would recommend this book only if you've read some of his other novels, so you can judge for yourself what he's really capable of writing.
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Summary: Suspense, romance and intrigue
Review: Night Over Water harkens back to the end of the golden age of flight, concluded with the silencing of the PanAm Clipper. On the eve of World War II, the story follows a diverse collection of passengers who fly this luxury craft's final revenue flight from England to America. On the single night they spend over the Atlantic, their lives become intertwined in ways none of them imagined. The story of passengers escaping to a new world, running from an old, or eluding the present one is tangled with deceit; mystery; suspense; and love lost, found, and rediscovered. Night Over Water is a gripping story that is worth the price of admission.
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Summary: Follett never ceases to amaze..
Review: Once again, Follett weaves an intricate tapestry using history as its background. He has an uncanny ability to use real settings in historical times as a backdrop for rich, entertaining characters. As with any follett book, the characters are what drives the story. This is a story of people who seemingly have nothing to do with each other. The reader will see, as the story progresses, that all the people in the book are tied together in ways they can't possibly imagine. Each character is beautifully written as are the various relationships that form throughout the book. And the ending! Talk about a page turner. I've read many of Follett's books and this one is definetly up there with A Dangerous Fortune. It might not be as majestic as Pillars of the Earth (my personal favorite Follett book and my favorite overall book that I've ever read to date), but it's just as entertaining.
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Summary: I thought it would have been better
Review: The only other Follett book I've read was PILLARS, which i consider one of my favorite books ever, this one however doesn't even make the top 500. Here's why?
1)it read like a bad soap opera than a good thriller, people fall out of love then run into someone else and fall in love with them and so on.
2)I couldn't care less about the characters, the only one who was interesting was the thief, then that got ruined by this lovey/dovey soap opera junk too.
3) then ending was so ridiculous that I actually laughed out loud. I found myself saying "Ya right" way too often and that is never good.
I did,though, finished it and at times some of the multiple stories do grab you but overall it's trash and I'll know one day I'll see a movie version of it on the lifetime channel.
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