Title: Worst book I've read in a long time
Product review: I originally read The Pillars of the Earth when it was published in 1989. I enjoyed it at the time. I was 14.More recently I had heard about the sequel and decided it was time to re-read the original beforehand. Wow. I'm having the hardest time forcing myself to get through it -- like some of the other reviewers mentioned I'm scanning the chapters for plot points to avoid the misery of wading through the writing. It's pulpy, the characters are one-dimensional, the prose is ponderous, and *everything* is laid out for the reader. The plot is interesting, but not novel. It's incredibly overrated, and I recommend you skip this one.
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