Book Review: Edge of Eternity

Title: Edge of Eternity
Author: Ken Follett
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Summary:  This is is the final book in Follett's The Century trilogy.  Rather than summarize this book in my own words, I'm going to use Amazon's summary: "Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy follows the fortunes of five intertwined families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they make their way through the twentieth century."

Review:  In the interest of full disclosure, I read this entire trilogy for a book club at work.  And I use the term "book club" loosely since we have yet to actually meet to discuss any book in this trilogy, although we are scheduled to meet and discuss in just a few weeks.  I've never read any of Follett's other books, so I can't speak to how this compares to his other books, but this book is so bad it's good.  There isn't a lot of depth to the characters, but I like to think it's educational (if I assume that the description of events in the books from the 60's on is actually true.  I was educated by the California Public School system and while I was in high school when the Berlin Wall fell, I don't actually remember learning about why the Wall going up in the first place).

There are a LOT of characters to keep track of.  Fortunately, there are character lists and family trees to help one remember who is who.  I wouldn't read this book on its own--if you're going to read this then start with the beginning of the series.