The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett

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Prequel. A worthy companion to the subsequent trilogy. Somewhat abrupt ending.

Expect to stay up all week. Every twist keeps the pages flipping. Could barely put it down.

He did it again, another great book!!. A little slow in the beginning, but I kept going, and like all his other books, I couldn’t put it down. I even found myself waking up in the middle of the night to keep reading. Now I feel I need to re-read “Pillars of The Earth.” Thank you Ken Follett!!

The Bad Guys Lives the Best Years of Their Lives. I’ve started to notice a trend with Ken Follet’s “Kingsbridge” series. The bad guys lives the best years of their lives. It makes for a depressing and unfulfilling read because there’s no repercussions until the good people have suffered, lost every battle, and given up. Then the antagonists finally screwed up somewhere and pay a small price for all the evil they’ve committed at an old ripe age that garners only a few pages of turmoil. Less than .05%/100.00% of the series was written for the karma on the antagonists. Follet’s message is clear: a good person does not have the ability to save another. Evildoers achieves greatness and you wait for them to implode upon themselves.

Great book. Just a great read that immerses you in the year 1000 in England. The characters are beautifully detailed and you become a front row observer of lives well lived, and long gone. This book works beautifully to set up the King’s Bridge series. Do yourself a favor and go for it. It’s one of those books you are quickly hooked into, that you will want to binge, though I tried to stretch it out. Just a wonderful read...enjoy!

Excellent Reading. It was hard to put down .

The evening and the Morning. I loved how Ragna, the heroine was portrayed.

2 stars only because I generally like hKen Follett. I tried hard to stay with the long boring descriptions that lead to non events, but finally gave up one third of the way. Unreadable. Huge disappointment from an author I generally enjoy reading. Try again

AMAZING. Such an amazing read. Love this book. I never wanted it to end.

Action,love and intrigue. Very fast moving and exciting. Follett at his best

Captured my interest. I found the book extremely interesting and looked forward to grabbing reading time. I enjoyed the weaving of the characters throughout the story.

Another hit!. I loved everything about this book. I will now re-read the other three books in the series.

Dark age characters speak in 21st century dialogue. Granted we don’t wish the author to emulate Canterbury Tales, but really, this book reads more like a Made for TV movie. Book is comprised mainly of dialogue and sounds like it was written for YA audience. Predictable plot and thin characterization.

Excellent as always. Loved this book! Kept me wanting to know what would happen next. Love the way he is able to intertwine all of these lives. Sad it ended.

Vulgar. While the historical setting is informative and fascinating, many scenes were spoiled by gratuitous, vulgar sexual escapades that added nothing to the story. Disappointing.

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Outstanding as always for Follett. I keep thinking that Follett’s books cannot possibly get better and, as always, I am pleasantly disappointed that they are! I’ve read ever book of Follett’s with my first taste being Eye of the Needle some 40 years ago. Never disappointed. Always drawn in to where I feel I know all the characters personally - the good and the evil ones. This story is a riveting conclusion to the Pillars series and was a wonderful prequel.

Great reader. I have taken this book everywhere reading it bit by bit. Just finished it while my husband was walking a trail off of the 4 wheeling trail we are on in Arizona. The internet is great up here in no place so was able to download another of his books faster than at home.

Oh Brother.... While I am a huge fan of Follett, this book was more than a challenge to finish. I would have to agree with other reviewers that it does not feel authentic to Follett’s work. I’m sorry to be negative - “The Morning and The Evening” reads more like a grocery store Romance novel. This teetered on ridiculous...

Loved it!. Great book! Similar to “Pillars of the Earth”, but still wonderful!

Yes and no. It’s been several years since reading Pillars of the Earth and l was intrigued with this prequel story. All the plot twists were well done but the constant sexual activity descriptions were over done! Except for the historical setting and lifestyle, I wouldn’t have finished the book. A woman’s bodice ripper by a male author. Sorry

Enjoyable. I agree with other reviewers that this book has a familiar “formula” to reminiscent of other books in this series. This author has the ability to pull me into his characters World and I am reluctant to leave it. I give this book five stars because of escapism.

Masterful. I literally read it in a weekend. It disrupted my sleep, eating and everything else schedule. I was enthralled and entertained through out. I’m a fan. Now that I’ve read the precursor to pillars of the earth. Time to go back and re read that. And spend a little more time with Ken

Great read!. This was a long book, but I couldn’t put it down. It captivated my interest. A picture of life 1000 years ago was fascinating. People are people. Personalities are the same, just different circumstances for good or evil.

Evening and morning. Fantastic reading

Thrilling ride. The characters and plot pull you in and draw you close. Follett never seems to disappoint.

Loved this. Great story and addition to the Kings Bridge story line

Struggling With an Appropriate Title. Such a roller coaster of emotions reading this book. This is full of suspense, love, hate,betrayal, fear, arrogance, anger, revenge, justice, sadness. This story has it all.

The Evening and the Morning. The evening and the morning. Outstanding! I first read and Re-read Pillars of the Earth and the book rivals that one. It has everything one would expect in a a great novel, love, betrayal, redemption and the constant struggle between good and evil, with only one possible outcome from that struggle. Beautifully written. Read and enjoy, I did.

Not His Best. I’ve read quite a few Follett books, and this was a disappointment. I felt the dialogue was off key and the story was rather predicable and flat. Follett remains one of my favorites, just not this book,

Amazon historical fiction. Excellent!

Simplistic. Pedestrian. I have High School English students who write with more sophistication.

Awesome. Fillet continues to amaze.

Needed more character development. The book was good but felt rushed. There could have been more development of the characters. The story was also almost too predictable, there were few events that I didn’t see coming. Skipping over the year 1000 was disappointing, it was an eventful milestone in the church and should have been mentioned. At the end of the book there could have been a few more pages to tie it to the first book in the series. Overall, a joy to read. Sad to see the series come to an end.

The evening and the morning. I have been reading books from this site for the past 10 years and have never written a review before. Ken Follett creates a world that was, a long time ago. He creates characters that I want to know. His story captures my heart, keeping me up until the wee hours in the morning!

Read it if like pillars. Good character development. Often frustrating as in it was with pillars when good people were treated poorly and bad people got away with bad things. I like period History and Follett doesn’t disappoint again.

A Fizzing Formula. If you read the trilogy you have already read better versions of this book. Essentially same story with different names and dates.

The Evening and The Morning. Slow to begin but “full Follett”by the end. Satisfying to have the prequel, especially if you’ve read the Cathedral series. Thanks, Ken.

Long but excellent. As always Follett comes thru.

Can’t put these outstanding works down !. The Kingbridge series is an unbelievable historical revelation in literature. The author Ken Follett reveals much truth into the world during these times. It’s hard to put each book down, there is so much well written drama, true life insights, both good and evil, all giving tribute to our world history and making it come to life. He is an amazing research historian and author.

Mr. Follett does it again. I devoured this most recent installment of the Kingsbridge saga just like the others. What the characters lack in depth and nuance, they make up for in tugging at heartstrings and stoking fires of anger and resentment. Follett is a master storyteller, as he proves here once again.

Hard to describe how much I enjoyed this book!. Stunning and captivating. A ‘page-turner’ to be certain.

Excellent as always!. Reminded me of Pillars of the Earth. Hard to put this one down.

The Evening and The Morning. Absolutely wonderful lesson of that time in history! As I devoured this book I forced myself to chew/read slower and slower wanting to relish every word!

Another Great Novel. I enjoyed this book very much and I don’t like to read.

Love All Books by Ken Follett !!. Do you have these books in Paperback ??

Another great novel by Follett. Like all the books in the series, the characters and stories get me involved. At times I can hardly stand to read what happens next because the villains always seem to win, but I can’t quit reading. His historical novels are my favorites.

Fantastic!. I've loved these books.

Hi Hum. I love Follet’s books. This was my least favorite. Took me forget to get through it.

Disappointed. Loved all the other books in this series. This one though was chapter after chapter of the bad guys doing horrible things. Ending was too predictable.

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Huge fan!. This book is like all his books, EXCELLENT! Can't wait for him to write another one!

Awesome!. Was an excellent start to a fantastic series!

A real,disappointment!. Have enjoyed all of his previous books but this one lacked plot interest and the writing was almost immature. When you have read the Outlander series, you know what descriptive writing should be. There was a total lack of substance in the writing and it was a waste of my money!

Great summer read. This is a wonderful book and I just raced through it.

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Ken Follett is the best author in the world. I hope he can give us another wonderful book.. Ken let’s my imagination run wild with many ups and downs. Love your writing and I have read every book you have written!❤️

Awesome prequel. It all made sense and I’m hopeful there is another.. Hoping for more!!

Great Read. Great story! Never disappointed when reading this author’s work.

Volume 4 is excellent!. After reading the Kingsbridge trilogy and then the Century trilogy I thought that Follett was probably done with this genre, so I was pleased to pre-order and immediately read the prequel. It is a terrific read as were the others, only disappointing because it ended. I hope he has the energy and motivation to do another such series!

Great book. Just a great read that immerses you in the year 1000 in England. The characters are beautifully detailed and you become a front row observer of lives well lived, and long gone. This book works beautifully to set up the King’s Bridge series. Do yourself a favor and go for it. It’s one of those books you are quickly hooked into, that you will want to binge, though I tried to stretch it out. Just a wonderful read...enjoy!

Stunning and All-Encompassing. I’d been waiting for this novel since Follett announced its release - three years ago. I has no doubt in my mind it would be as masterful as the rest of the series. I finished it in a week. Now I’m sad it’s over. Incredible!!!!!

Same story again. Another story where the two main characters love each other but can’t be together for whatever reason. Pretty much a retread of every book in this series. What’s more disappointing is the presence of a nunnery and the significant role it plays. Not that I have an issue with a nunnery at all. But there is NO mention of a nunnery in PILLARS. The nunnery doesn’t assume a role until WORLD WITHOUT END. PILLARS was 50 years long with no mention of nuns in Kingsbridge. Yet this prequel puts the nunnery front and center 200 years prior? An oversight by the author and editors.

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Follett is back on top. Very much in the style of Pillars of the Earth. A well written saga.

The evening and morning. I enjoyed this book so much, I'm going to go back and read Pillars of the Earth again! Fabulous!!!

Once again, excellent. Roller is one of the best authors I have ever read.

The Evening And The Morning. An excellent romp through England at the end of the Dark Ages and a great compliment to the original Kingsbridge Series. Well built characters and descriptions of the time. The only disappointment was the mostly predictable ending. More importantly, Follett gets away from his political commentary of the Century Trilogy.

Again. Ken Follett again delivers an enjoyable read that’s hard to put down.

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I enjoyed them all. From The Pillars of the Earth to The Evening and the Morning I have read them over and over again...hoping to catch something I miss the last few times

Bad Love Story. I've read nearly every one of his books and this is comparatively disappointing. It is one long love story wrapped in not terribly interesting English history. I would not have read it had I know. Read the last page of the book and you'll know then entire story. If you start reading this will disappoint you greatly. This is a sign of a faulty book. My guess is that the entire book is ghost written.

Engaging read. Loved this prequel... the author leaves us wanting more..

.... Hi fictional writing is engaging, thought at times long winded or biased disguised as character commentary.

A Master Storyteller. After hungrily devouring The Pillars of the Earth and it’s sequels, I was afraid I would never find another novel I enjoyed as much. Thank you, Mr. Follett, for writing The Evening and the Morning! I sincerely hope there is another Kingsbridge novel in the near future! I yearn for more!!

History repeats itself. After reading both Pillars of the Earth and this prequel, I see what Ken Follett is trying to do here. The (really good) plot, has mostly the same characters running around trying to survive or wreak havoc at the same place, only a couple of hundred years before Pillars. How similar are the characters ? Well, I hope it’s not too much of a spoiler but there’s a talented builder who is extremely likable, theres a socially responsible prior, theres a princess in distress, there the poor worthy underdog who loves her. The bad guys include an evil Bishop, a self serving earl and his evil mother. One of the main characters is a redhead from Cherbourg. There’s an abandoned child too, believe it or not. plot-wise, this book is more of the same, which got me into thinking that there must be a point to it. The point is that the real story is about technology and how it challenges the worthy few who can understand it and how it changes the lives of people affected by it. Of course technology is terribly boring. No one wants to read about a draining canal or a boat or a bridge (hell, no one wants to read about a cathedral, right ?) so it’s wrapped up in this extremely entertaining plot, where history repeats itself endlessly. Unfortunately, Follett’s writing weaknesses are also repeating themselves endlessly with useless recaps, and exhausting description of emotions. So is this a good read ? Absolutely. Definitely. A masterpiece ? No.