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Post by diziet sma on Oct 22, 2017 11:53:20 GMT
A Column of Fire - Ken Follett
The third part of his Kingsbridge series, sequel to Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, was published a week or so ago.
Set in the 16th Century, in the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth 1, it tells the stories of a number of fictional and historical characters during the turmoil of the rise of Protestantism in Europe.
Unfortunately, the book is very disappointing. Firstly, it is not about Kingsbridge. It is set all over Europe, and further afield, and is concerned with big, world changing events. Secondly, many of the characters are real historic figures, and we know what happened to them, so there are few surprises and no real tension.
It's not badly written, although the heroes are a little to goody goody, and the villains a bit too immoral and villainous to be believable.
IMHO, not a worthy successor to the previous two excellent books.
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Post by Miranda on Oct 22, 2017 12:15:20 GMT
Do you think he might have pushed into writing it too quickly by his publisher?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 13:36:56 GMT
We loved the first one and still go back to read it again,the second wasn’t as gripping, in my opinion but I shall get the new one for my husband for Christmas because it’ll be interesting to see how the story develops.
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Post by diziet sma on Oct 22, 2017 14:47:25 GMT
I don't know if he was rushed. Seems like a decision to tell a different kind of story to me.
There is a pressure on writers to produce books by the Xmas deadline. There's a name for it, Super Tuesday or something, when loads of books come out in October ready for Xmas. You'd think a writer of his stature would be able to say no though.
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