Edge of Eternity

For anyone who thought History was a boring subject in school, and struggles with following politics in our modern Era- this series will give you a deep dive on everything you need to know. Ken Follett is a very detailed researcher and always manages to capture my attention even in such long books

Outstanding. Not just this book, the other two in the series too. I've read them all, and I'd read more too- we just need a little more history to be created before Follett can work his magic again. I can see it now- one of his characters a North Korean aid to the Kim family, another the hairdresser of a US president.... I digress. The idea of planting fictional characters throughout the key events of the 20th century was little short of genius, and Follett pulled it off with complete mastery. I've said it in a previous review, but if you ever want to get your kids into modern history, throw out the text books. Burn them. Rip the pages from them and smoke them if you must. Because this is the history of the future. Factual, researched to the finest detail, yet told through the lives of people Follett has placed in strategic locations. People so engaging that you'll be willing history to be kind to them. When I studied 20th century history at school, the dull texts ruined it for me for good. If I'd had Edge of Eternity, Winter of the World and Fall of Giants to crib from, by now I'd be a professor at Oxford. It is absolutely astonishing what Follett has achieved with his century trilogy. I can say no more.

An entertaining and informative conclusion to Follett's ambitious trilogy. However, the characters seemed a bit more stereotypical (than the previous two books), there were a lot of unnecessary sex scenes and Follett's political views came through a bit more than the previous volumes.

Leider definitiv der schwächste Teil der Trilogie. Während der Anfang noch gewohnt detail- und charakterverliebt auftrumpft, flacht es zum Ende hin immer mehr ab und wirkt teils als hätte Follett bemerkt, dass er nicht mehr allzu viele Seiten füllen darf. Zum Ende hin wirkt die sonst so fein ausgearbeitete Geschichte mit Familien-Vernestelungen, die einem zumeist erst in den letzten Kapiteln im vollen Umfang klar werden, flach und als hätte er schnell fertig werden wollen. Das so erhoffte verdiente Finale der Trilogie bleibt aus. Auch wenn Sturz der Titanen und Winter der Welt deutlich stärker waren, ist auch Kinder der Freiheit definitiv noch, außerhalb der Trilogie betrachtet, eines der besseren Bücher. Wer Folletts Art der Charakterverknüpfung und seinen Schreibstil mag, der wird auch hieran Freude finden.