The plot was what kept me going through this book. But I found myself skimming over a lot of the description and endless mental hand-wringing by the characters.
I learned some things about the medieval period, but I also thought the characters weren't medieval enough. Their attitudes and thinking seemed pretty modern to me. I often felt I was watching modern actors performing in a medieval setting.
Way too much graphic sex and violence.
Overall, too much like a soap opera. There were so many reversals of fortune I got whiplash. By the end had I stopped caring about the characters, because I knew whenever something good happened it would be quickly followed by a disaster or I would find out someone has to wait even more years for something they wanted.Get more detail about The Pillars of the Earth.
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