tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post5178177538927210731..comments2024-03-28T01:36:51.952-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Hornet Flight by Ken FollettBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-65493458565166847112014-05-18T17:46:03.091-06:002014-05-18T17:46:03.091-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. It did not seem li...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. It did not seem like a 500 page book. He is a skilled writer.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-56688004750708284702014-05-17T14:35:39.447-06:002014-05-17T14:35:39.447-06:00It has also been a while since I have read anythin...It has also been a while since I have read anything by Ken Follett. This topic sounds very interesting. Long, but maybe worth it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-50375584118682130062014-05-15T21:44:09.553-06:002014-05-15T21:44:09.553-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. Ultimately I think...Margot: Thanks for the comment. Ultimately I think he is better at characters than plotting. At the same time he is not predictable in his story telling.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-14710574996206712662014-05-15T21:43:06.193-06:002014-05-15T21:43:06.193-06:00Moira: Thanks for the comment. I have been in Cope...Moira: Thanks for the comment. I have been in Copenhagen twice but only for a day each time. On our last visit we took in the Danish Resistance Museum. It was thought provoking.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-17878747881286099162014-05-15T21:41:49.370-06:002014-05-15T21:41:49.370-06:00Prashant: Thanks for the kind words. Follett's...Prashant: Thanks for the kind words. Follett's recent books make Flight of the Hornet look short. I enjoyed his books on the building of the cathedral in England.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-26945319527042508862014-05-15T05:17:13.889-06:002014-05-15T05:17:13.889-06:00Bill - I prefer thrillers where the characters are...Bill - I prefer thrillers where the characters are well developed. I haven't really thought of Ken Follett's work latlely, so it's good to reminded of it. I like it that he can sustain interest in a story over a longer time, too, and I think part of that is that he does create interesting characters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-76350724705960956042014-05-15T03:11:20.639-06:002014-05-15T03:11:20.639-06:00I have read a few Ken Follett books, but not recen...I have read a few Ken Follett books, but not recently. This sounds very interesting - last year I went to Copenhagen for the first time, and visited a museum devoted to the war years - the displays were very thought-provoking and affecting, I remember a lot about the subject, something I knew little about beforehand. So it would be good to read this book and find out more - and, as you say, to think about the choices people had to make.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-74792200304550461722014-05-15T00:15:01.700-06:002014-05-15T00:15:01.700-06:00Bill, thank your for an absorbing review. I have n...Bill, thank your for an absorbing review. I have not read a Ken Follett novel since "Eye of the Needle." He was one of many popular fiction writers of the 70s and 80s who wrote gripping novels. Unlike his earlier books, Follett has been writing blockbusters in recent years. Resistance has been a fairly common theme in WWII novels, especially those by Alistair MacLean and Len Deighton.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com