Miriam Majome

Worst Ken Follet Ever

Revisado: 09-19-23

I am a huge Follet fan and have read almost all of them but this one was just a torrid experience. He seems to have just sat down to produce a very long book regardless of its literary value. It's just a long boring meaningless account of the FIrst World War and its politics. In between the long account he throws in a mish-mash of many different stories and characters in a forced and incoherent way that have no place in one book. I was desperate to finish it and the only way was to skip through many chapters at a time but still the book would not end. Longest waste of 30 hours and 36 minutes

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Confused and confusing

Revisado: 01-13-23

The first part of the book was truly great and well written, very engaging and enjoyable but unbeknownst to the poor reader the authors had brewed a plot to sabotage the book. Their intention to drop a bombshell failed horribly because even they themselves got confused with the plot and the intention. The 2nd part of the book is confused and confusing and makes absolutely no sense.

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Dishonest

Revisado: 01-03-23

Not a single line about how the slave trade and the free labour of black people contributed to the success of industrialisation without which it would never have happened

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Excellent everything

Revisado: 10-29-22

Loved everything about it. Very well written and perfomed. The story and characters were very well developed but I felt the end was a bit forced and rushed. Could it be that I just didn't want it to end?

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One of the most exceptional stories ever told

Revisado: 09-06-22

I read this book now in 2022 a full 32 years after reading it in school as the set text. I was 16 then and I'm glad I read it again with the eyes of an adult. I will read it again to remind me about the importance of humanity and the essence of civilisation.

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Long tiring but worthwhile

Revisado: 02-02-21

Very ambitious project. Ken Follett couldnt help himself as he just had to force a spy thriller and trade it off as a continuation of the Knightsridge series and final in the trilogy when in essence it's not but a completely different theme. He throws in the word Knightsridge here and there & sets a few scenes there just for convenience . The book is long and tiring but not an entirely waste of time as one does get plenty of history lessons for the price of a novel.

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Thrilling mystery

Revisado: 08-17-20

It's been a long time since I finished a book so quickly. It was very engaging. Very well read and differently plotted. Telling the story in reverse made it all the more intriguing

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Mind blowing

Revisado: 02-12-16

Interesting. Touching. A very personal account. Not quite the story line or direction I expected

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useful

Revisado: 01-23-16

Useful but doesn't factor in the emotional aspect which is the very point of relationships

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Literary Genius.

Revisado: 12-13-15

If you could sum up A Short History of Nearly Everything in three words, what would they be?

Absolutely Gobsmacking!

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Short History of Nearly Everything?

That information about the fossils and how the world will likely end in a big encounter with an asteroid

What about Richard Matthews’s performance did you like?

Everything. Perfect reader

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes it moved me in evry way. My mind sang

Any additional comments?

This is a must read for everyone. In Utopia it would be handed out at street corners because everybody would know these things. I highly recommend this book. THe deeply physics stuff was a bit daunting sometimes and I would get lost but not completely lost. The book is well balanced between what you will not understand at all and lots that you will find absolutely riveting and awe inspiring. I had many epiphanies when I was going through it. I did the audio book and I will download the book onto my kindle so that I always have it handy and can go back and forth which you cannot do with an audio book.
That information about fossils and the age of the earth(even though I was not totally convinced!) .
Oh my God! You will learn so much about the history of nearly everything and feel very intelligent and sophisticated just for coming across the information.

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