World Without End

I just finished reading Ken Follett's "World Without End" sequel to "The Pillars of the Earth". If you have read my mini-review of "Pillars...", you'll know that I absolutely loved that book and gave it 5/5 stars. I'd give its sequel 4.5/5 stars only because of one reason: I think Follett perhaps tried to tie the two books together a little too much. During the first couple hundred pages, I was constantly confused with all the characters, and the introduction of new characters seemed never ending.

So what's this book about? Like Pillars, a great deal of the story revolvs around architecture and the plague outbreak plays a big part later on. And like Pillars, the characters don't bore you. They are good, evil, conflicted, manipulative, ambitious, sexual, violent... Once you get past the insane amount of names mentioned, it's an easy read that you'll look forward to every single day. And when the end is approaching, you'll be sad that your book affair will soon be over...