I read it several years ago. I don't remember that much about it other than the fact that I liked it very much. I liked most of Michener's stuff. If you like his approach of telling the story of a place through the eyes of multiple generations of the same handful of families, give Edward Rutherfurd a read. He's done several really good books of that sort on Russia, London, NYC, Ireland, and SW England. All really good.
Thanks I’ll add him to my list. This book reminds me a bit of 100 years of solitude without the magical realism. I like the generations of family sagas
Of course! I'd recommend Seneca's "Letters to Lucilius" as well.
I love red rising. I think the first book is solid but it gets much better after it so keep pushing if you don’t love it. Sun eater is on my TBR list.
I read the first 3 last year and they were awesome. I had a really hard time getting into the 4th book and ended up not finishing it and haven't went back. Do I need to stick it out a bit longer for it to pick back up?
It was very well done. I enjoyed it. Not a huge tennis fan and not a huge Agassi fan, but I kept hearing about how good the book was so I gave it a go.
I've not read Pillars of the Earth, but a quick google tells me there are some similarities. One key difference is Umberto Eco was a scholar and his work reads like an academic with a talent for writing. In particular, he wrote a bunch about semiotics so there's a lot underneath the surface of the text. However he's very skilled and clearly loves playing around with the murder mystery (one of the main characters is a Sherlock Holmes reference lol).
Nice. I’ll check it out. I also highly recommend Pillars,… for a book that’s just centered on the building of a cathedral, it’s amazing.
Oh yeah I just put it on my list, thank you
The 4th was the clear weakest for me as well. It was necessary to build out the world and characters a bit. I’d highly recommend pushing though as 5 and 6 are excellent and many readers’ favorites in the series