Read this last week and after ages found a different style of writing. It’s my first Ken Follett book and I was pleasantly surprised. The descriptions of scenarios and relationships are vivid and real. You don’t feel like skipped through paragraphs to get to the real stuff.
The story’s characters, without going into extreme detail of psychology are thick. As each character emerges you find yourself gradually forming a liking or disliking for each one. Follett displays a knack for understanding human nature. The plot is intriguing enough to hold you tight.
The story is about how a innocent love for an animal turns a run of the mill theft into a race for survival. I love stories in which people beat the odds, so to speak by being willing to change.
I personally wish the ending was a little more grotesque because I love to see bad things happen to bad people but that’s just me.
A good read, all in all. I’ll surely be reading more of Ken Follett in the coming days.
