Whilst it was fun to return to a Follett for the end of the year, A Place called Freedom unfortunately left a mixed impression. The book starts great, introducing interesting characters and situations, as expected with Follett. The writing style makes it hard to put the book down. However, unfortunately many story lines feel rushed, and especially the last part felt like the editor told the author to delete a couple of thousand words. There was material enough in here to write a sequel... So, all in all 3/5 ain't bad.