World Without End

Unfortunately, I did not finish this book. While the story was good, I quit listening (Audible) because I could tell it was going to be a book full of more tragedy without justice than I can stand. It may be realistic, but it's not enjoyable to me. I was a third of the way though at 15 hrs. into the 45 hr. audiobook (Ch. 29 of 91) so I felt like I gave it a pretty good chance. I was hopeful that I was prepared for what to expect (after reading the first in the series) and could enjoy the great story. But I had enough. I'll possibly come back to it sometime in the future, but for now, I can find more enjoyable reads that are worth my time.
(This assumption was based on comparisons to the first book in the series which I couldn't decide if I loved or hated for the same reasons.)

An especially good read for 2020, given the parallels between the events of the book / the era in which it's set, and recent events, showing how similar we were to our ancestors of ~700 years ago. It follows the same template as others in this series, but with enough difference in the details to keep it enjoyable.

Felépítésében pontosan olyan, mint A katedrális, csak történetvezetésben rosszabb. Sokkal rosszabb. Olyan érzésem volt, mintha Follett szeme előtt az a cél lebegett volna, hogy az első résznél is hosszabb legyen a folytatás. Túl bő lére van eresztve, ezáltal teljesen érdektelenné válik, tulajdonképpen unalomba fullad. Fele ennyi oldalon talán izgalmasabb lett volna.
Nem csodálom, hogy az író félt nekiállni a második könyvnek. Valóban nehéz – s most már látható is, hogy képtelenség – utolérni A katedrális zsenialitását. Nem is vártam, hogy ugyanakkora élményt nyújtson, de azért ennél lényegesen többre számítottam. Kár érte.