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The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
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My third novel by Follett offered up everything I've come to expect from the author; an excellent story full of clumsy writing, bite-sized chapters peppered with cheesy dialogue, and a wonderful setting that's filled to bursting with pantomime villains, sweeter-than-saccharine heroes, and a whole host of damsels in distress. Follet's stories are predictable and about as subtle as a fart in a spacesuit. And yet, for all that, there's something oddly satisfying about them.
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Jan 06, 2024 06:54AM
Great review, thanks! I've been meaning to get to this and the other Kingsbridge sequels, but have been toying with the idea of re-reading the first in the series, which I read almost 30 years ago. Maybe that's not really needed?
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I quite agree that this story (also "my third (Follet) novel") is satisfying, that there are frequent chapter breaks (250,000 words/43 chapters);
that Follett crafted a richly detailed setting, with many distrssed women
(and not a few more-than-distressed men);
and not terribly "subtle".
I hasten to retort that a decade spanning that particular millenium was also not so subtle, nor pleasing, and lacked elegance -- with no vestage of chivalry (which wikipedia states started ca. late 12th C)
But:
WHAT is "clumsy" about the writing?
In what way is the dialogue "CHEESY" (camembert, gouda, good ol' English cheddar)?
So far as I can see most characters SPEAK (as well as gesture), and the three HEROES (protagonists) are often sour and bitter.
I am likely not as adept as you (or my writerly daughter) in "predicting" what I thought was fairly twisty plot, so I beg some examples of that - along with pantomime, clumsy prose, cheesy dialouge, and character-sweetness.
Cite (copy) freely from the novel - it could be fun!
(almost as fun as this comment)
CHEERS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC
PS - many of my own reviews are of "desert-island-quality books" - you may like a few of them.
