lucyann2
Newcastle
A really good read.... — 35 weeks ago
But Ken Follett is obsessed with ladies breasts! Once you realise this it kind of alters your appreciation of the book as you start to see the pattern that all the good women have big boobs and the badies and non-important female characters have flat chests. Also there seems to be a disproportionate amount of narrative given over to describing what the main female character’s boobs are up to at every given opportunity. It’s still a good book though and there is a good mix of storytelling and interesting factual information. I’m reading the sequel World Without End at the moment which is also good. However I do find it a bit dissapointing that he feels the need to mention the breast size of every female character, also, he’s done a U-turn in this book and the badies have large chests and the goodies have small, firm breasts which just makes me suspect that someone pointed out his underlying obsession in the first book and now he’s tried to over-correct the issue.
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calypte
Edinburgh
oh noes!
I have this book on my shelf, and now when I read it I’m going to be hypersensitive to any and every mention of boobs!!
Absnasm
Gateshead
It's true!
It’s a rollicking fun-time ride of a novel but I don’t think even he realised when he wrote it how much he loves the boobage. I’d like to see him turn it around and concentrate on the contents of the male characters’ doublet and hose or tights or whatever they wore back then, see how well that goes down.
“Jack was a tall, thin man. Though he came of low-born stock, he was a noble man, with an odd, crooked gait which belied his trustworthy, fair nature. His cock and balls were heavy and, though he thought them too large and cumbersome, they swung enticingly beneath his rough hessian vest. Aliena was bewitched.”
calypte
Edinburgh
::snort::!
Too funny :)