So I started the 2014 genre challenge for January a little early but in my defense, Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth" is a really big book.
I have been meaning to read this since I watched the mini series a couple of years ago. I know, did it the wrong way around, watched the show before I read the book but I would never have bothered if I hadn't.
I have just finished the first chapter and (spoilers) after a series of worsening events with Tom having lost his job on a nobleman's house in the middle of summer and the theft of their pig that they had invested half their savings in Tom Builder is unable to provide for his family and his wife dies in his arms after giving birth to their fifth child in the woods, in the middle of winter with no shelter or help. I teared up just a little even though I knew that it was coming. the writing is just so evocative that I almost felt cold when the family was walking through the frozen forest.
All bodes well for the rest of the book and hopefully i will finish it before February.
2014 genre challenge January: Historical Fiction
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