nerd teacher [books] reviewed Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Under-utilised everything.
1 star
So many pointless parts to this story. I'm not against people including sex in their stories, but every sex scene felt entirely pointless; I don't think they need to have 'story' purpose, but they just felt wedged in as if they'd keep people engaged because the rest of the book didn't. Lev's relationship with Marga? Pointless. The half-baked plot devices to get characters where they should be? Mostly ridiculous.
It's a shame, too. Clearly, a lot of research went into this book to tell the story of the history. But there was literally about 200 pages that felt meaningless. There were characters who could have been utilised better to tell more of the history, but they weren't.
I respect a lot about this book, but I am forever frustrated by sex scenes that men write. If you can spend months researching the intricacies of WWI, you can take an hour …
So many pointless parts to this story. I'm not against people including sex in their stories, but every sex scene felt entirely pointless; I don't think they need to have 'story' purpose, but they just felt wedged in as if they'd keep people engaged because the rest of the book didn't. Lev's relationship with Marga? Pointless. The half-baked plot devices to get characters where they should be? Mostly ridiculous.
It's a shame, too. Clearly, a lot of research went into this book to tell the story of the history. But there was literally about 200 pages that felt meaningless. There were characters who could have been utilised better to tell more of the history, but they weren't.
I respect a lot about this book, but I am forever frustrated by sex scenes that men write. If you can spend months researching the intricacies of WWI, you can take an hour to learn how a woman's body works. If you can't be bothered to do that, stop writing about things you refuse to understand.