I’ve just finished reading Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. Although it’s been on my bookshelf for awhile, I had not read it, and so while completing final edits for my own trilogy, I chose this volume for something different from my story, and something that I hoped would be engrossing. I was not disappointed. I could not put the book down, and reading it was my reward for a session of revisions. Once I completed my revisions, I read between wrapping, baking, and decking the halls. As a writer I followed Follett’s masterful use of multiple points of view, and his weaving of the building of a cathedral into the story itself. While there were numerous characters, I never lost track of who was who, and what his or her motives were. At 973 pages, finishing this novel was a commitment and Follett never let me down. Happy Reading, and Happy New Year!
