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Book Review of The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth
reviewed A clunky, plodding historical, full of cliches. on + 23 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1


I gave up on this historical novel halfway. It's old-fashioned, full of cliches, and incredibly predictable. Frankly, I'd rather read Thomas Costain, from whom Follett borrowed a lot of those cliches. Bah!