@lph Male, 35, Married. Italy

This book literally has everything you could want in a novel: mystery, violence, war, love, friendships, and everything in between.
Follett has an amazing way of taking you deep into the lives of his characters. You adore the characters you are meant to love and absolutely hate the characters you are meant to hate. The entire book takes place across several decades, so you are given the opportunity to literally watch these characters grow and see how a decision they made on page 15 is still affecting them several years (and hundreds of pages) later.

Don’t let the daunting page length fool you: The Pillars of the Earth is anything but boring and will keep you on your toes until the very last page.