The Armor of Light

Troppo, troppissimo uguale agli altri volumi della serie. Ben scritto come sempre, ma la trama e i personaggi sanno di stantio e sono caratterizzati e stereotipati allo stesso modo degli altri libri e di altre opere recenti dello stesso autore. Senza contare che gli si saranno rotte le lettere del computer per scrivere “chiamato” (called?), pedanterie paternalistiche che appesantiscono inutilmente la lettura e servono esclusivamente all'autore a sentirsi dio in terra che parla ai quattro scemi che leggono il suo libro per imparare qualcosa sulla vita, dato che non ne sanno nulla.
Un po' deludente, ma forse sono io che mi sono aspettato troppo.

I liked Armour of Light almost as much as the first two Kingsbridge novels. This book made it clear to me that what I like most in Ken's writing is the daily events of the characters and the economic background, even if sometimes it has a flare of a soap opera.

I loved all the bits related to the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of automation process on the wool business, and its impact on its workers, their rights and subsequent revolt, exacerbated by the war.

Looking back, Pillars of the Earth should have been my first sign that what I liked was business, and I'm glad I eventually changed majors. This one is also a confirmation that I would love to study industrial management engineering. Give me all the machine descriptions Ken, I just can't get enough of them

No one does the historical epic as well as Ken Follett. It's part of the Kingsbridge series but can also be read as a standalone. There are many characters to keep track of, as the plot moves from country to country, but I never got lost with the plot or who is who, as the story is written with such clarity and skill that only a master possesses.