tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post8886982576823260291..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-62272930340360064912008-05-28T18:19:00.000+00:002008-05-28T18:19:00.000+00:00I'm on page 46, suffering through the poor articul...I'm on page 46, suffering through the poor articulation context. Thank you for your candid comment regarding this badly written novel. Oprah, what were you thinking? I commit to a book, but I'm giving myself permission to give this one up. Darby Conley, the creator of "Get Fuzzy" recently set up the cat to use this publication as a cannonball. I think he meant it. Throw it, rather than read through it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-13031451075789272812008-03-26T01:16:00.000+00:002008-03-26T01:16:00.000+00:00It was perfunctory and functional rather than orna...It was perfunctory and functional rather than ornamental. It was there to transmit the story, which was interesting, but it wasn't anything to write home about and occasionally felt bland or too modern in its usage. For a book that illuminates many areas of 12th Century life, it also had a lot of extremely unlikely medieval characters as well (the laidback and relatively permissive Christian prior, the sharp modern businesswoman).Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-66166854190550887922008-03-25T22:59:00.000+00:002008-03-25T22:59:00.000+00:00It was very difficult for me to slog through this ...It was very difficult for me to slog through this book primarily because Follett is such an awful writer. The history was accurate; the plot (more or less) compelling. But his prose was both odd and dreadful. <BR/><BR/>Only posting this to say that I am in agreement with your review, and wanted to see if you found the actual writing as bothersome as I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-58905017257322786712008-03-24T01:04:00.000+00:002008-03-24T01:04:00.000+00:00i love how you can find a man who constantly rapes...i love how you can find a man who constantly rapes women, and murders indiscriminately a "cartoony" villain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com