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Summary: Fantastic
Review: Ken Follet manages to hold his readers in suspense right to the end of this very long book. At the end, you're left thinking what can I read that's going to top that.This book is a literary tapestry of medieval life. Out of five stars, this book deserves six.
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Summary: Must read for anyone that enjoys reading!
Review: This book has everything! Romance, Suspense, Violence, Intellectual Characters, Unique Characters. It's a realistic fiction, based back in the Dark Ages. Mr. Follett has this inconcievable ability to manipulate the readers emotions. In fact, as I was reading about the dastardly doings of one of the "villians" I had to put down the book because I was on the verge of getting really angry. You're still reading this? Get this book!
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Summary: Of the hundreds I have read this one is by far the best ever
Review: This is far and away my favorite book by any author. I have read and re-read the book several times, each time getting more and more from it. It will definitely stand as a classic I believe.
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Summary: Most definitely a "classic" and top 100 of this century!
Review: Phenomenal!!! Too bad the "learned" critics of our time are too short sighted to include this novel in the top 100 books of the century. I suppose they feel that true writing ability and talent has to withstand a certain test of time. I do not reread books. Pillars is the exception. I could read it on an annual basis. It is by far the best of Follett's novels as well as the best of any of his contemporaries. A must read. It should be included on all required literature reading lists.
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Summary: One of the three best books I've ever read
Review: This is a must read book. Don't let the size intimidate you. When I first looked at this book, I thought it would take forever to get through. It took over my life ( I read while waiting for traffic lights to change! ). Great character development. At times you wish you could get inside this story and despence some justice. Many great moments in story will envoke a full gambit of emotions. Near the end of the book you will truely be sad to see it comming to an end. I would love to see a sequill.
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Summary: "Six Stars" - Tieman
Review: Complete in every way. I was glued from the first page and emotionally drained after the last. Best book I have ever read.
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Summary: MAGNIFICENT
Review: This is the most powerful and engrossing novel I have ever read, and I read all the time. I was even sad when it was over because I had gotten to know the characters so well...I kind of missed them for a while! I actually read it slower and slower as time went by because I knew the end was drawing nearer. This masterpiece is an example of what captivating literature is all about. It is a "career novel" for Ken Follett, and is the yardstick by which I measure all other works. Pulitzer Prize-worthy!
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Summary: A MASTERPIECE
Review: HIS BEST SO FAR. THIS BOOK TAKES YOU BACK TO MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AND PLUNGES YOU INTO THE TURBELENT TIMES OF THAT ERA. I FOUND MYSELF HISSING AT THE VILLIANS AND CHEERING WHEN JUSTICE IS FINALLY DONE. THIS WAS ONE BOOK I DID NOT WANT TO END AND WAS LEFT EAGERLY AWAITING THE ""SEQUEL"
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Summary: "Pillars" is to fiction as Notre Dame is to architecture...
Review: When Mr. Follet finished this book, I hope that he felt the same sense of satisfaction that the cathedral builders felt when they completed their daunting task. This is truly a masterful work, including incredible character development, a wonderful, far-reaching plotline, and a startling, ingenious, ending. You truly admire the flawed heros and truly hate the despicable villians as Mr. Follet brings them to life. You are amazed at the detailed, yet understandable, description of the process of creating a cathedral from the ground up. The intrigue and politics are there, as well as the romance. It has everything. This is the kind of book that breaks your heart when you reach the end, like a best friend moving across the country...
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Summary: A MUST READ!!!!!!!!
Review: If there is one book you read this century, make it THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH. A tantalizing sequence of events meshed together to provide the reader with maximum drama, adventure, romance, and mystery. Ken Follett has done it!!!!! This gives you an insight to human nature at its best and worst, a powerfully moving read, once you pick it up there will be no putting it down.
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