Très agréable à lire, avec de nombreux rebondissements de l'Histoire. On s'y croirait. On comprend maintenant pourquoi il fallait 100 ans pour construire une cathédrale. ( )

Un libro muy entretenido, lo reconozco, pero leer 1.358 páginas solo para pasar el rato lo considero una pérdida de tiempo. Lo terminé por que no me gusta dejar los libros a medias, pero estuve tentado de abandonarlo varias veces. En el libro hay amor, sexo, violencia, batallas, intriga, malos malísimos y buenos buenísimos, todo ello mezclado con algunos datos históricos y culturales en un argumento que no da respiro al lector. Un coctel perfecto. Por desgracia todo es tan superficial que termina pareciendo una telenovela, eso si, de cualité, al estilo de la BBC. La trama acaba siendo de lo más predecible, los personajes rígidos como piedras y los malos malísimos nunca llegan a ser una amenaza, siempre sabes que la gran inteligencia de los buenos va a solucionarlo todo.

De todas formas no me arrepiento de haberlo leído. "Los pilares de la tierra", como todo en esta vida, también tiene sus aspectos positivos, pero nunca lo recomendaría. ( )

It's a long book, but it's a really great story! Took me about 7 days to read it..not too bad! I am looking forward to reading the sequel! ( )

On the front cover of the copy of this book that I read, there is a quote from Cosmopolitan: "Enormous and brilliant...a great epic tale." I don't know why that didn't ring any warning bells in my head - first, that the publisher had the need to quote Cosmo on the cover (don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Cosmo fan, but that isn't the most respected source for book reviews), and second, that they felt it was necessary to use the word "enormous." Enormous meaning what? That the book is enormous? (No kidding.) That the story was enormous? (Enormously long? Enormously drawn out? Enormously ridiculous? I don't know.)

But nevertheless, I proceeded to read the first 100 pages, then the second 100, and then I eventually continued to plow through, unamused but determined to finish it. This novel is unnecessarily long, wordy, graphic, and self-indulgent. The scenes of violence and rape are so over the top, it made me want to vomit. The detail that Follett goes into about the cathedral is tedious and downright boring - I found myself skipping over these parts, which were numerous and lengthy. Additionally, Follett's writing is simplistic, dull, and choppy. While the story behind this novel wasn't horrible on its own, it's this poor writing that really made it terrible for me.

I know that many people love this book, and I'm really disappointed that I couldn't see what others find to be so wonderful about it. This is the second novel of Follett's that I've read, and from what I can tell, while he has a remarkable imagination and ability to create stories, he really needs work in the writing department. ( )

The building of a cathedral … A pretty heavy tome, 1000 pages, not typical Ken Follett. Really got into it. It's about 2 or maybe 3 generations of families and the building of a cathedral. Mostly though about life in mediaval times, good vs. evil, survival and victory. ( )