I finished Winter of the Worlds the day I wrote my last blog post, so I don't remember everything word for word, but Ken Foullet basically finished the book by having one of his characters, Carla von Ulrich, standing around the room with her adopted daughter, and her two sons (Though one son was from a Russian soldier who raped her, and the other from her husband) and asking herself what the future holds. So not a giant cliff hanger for the next book, but I am defiantly excited to read it. I assume the next book will follow this book in the way that the children of the narrators become the narrators of the next book. It almost makes me sad, because I am now so attached to some of the main characters and want to hear more about their stories and lives. I will hear some more in the next book, but it will be through their children's eyes, so I don't think it will be the same. Two of the characters, Daisy and Lloyd, had little sparks flying throughout the whole book, but weren't able to get married until the last few chapters because Daisy's first husband Boy (half brother of Lloyd) refuses to divorce her. I want to explore their relationship more because I didn't get enough time to read about it. I am also attached to some of the main characters from the first book, and in the third book some will be dead (some are dead by the second) and others will play extremely insignificant roles. I have no doubt that it will be more confusing to see which of the 3rd generation kids will be related to the others because they will all be cousin or half cousins once removed, or really any combination. I can't wait until 2014 because that's when the next one comes out!
I have also been reading the beginning of Little Women by Louise May Allcot. I really like it so far, the passages are extremely descriptive and not so hard to read. I like the way Allcot describes the four sisters and their actions, and in someways I think that it is completely different from how four sisters would act today. It's nice to read a book about simpler times. This book takes place during the Civil War on the east coast. I've seen the movie, and it is one of my all time favorites, but I wanted to read the book as well. The second oldest sister Jo, who is kind of a tom boy has just met their neighbor Lorie who is cooped up all day by his grandfather. I know from the movie that they become really good friends, so I'm excited to start reading about it.
I am not sure why no one has responded to your blog! But, I have to say, I am going to have to wait until this summer (or maybe second semester) to start this Ken Follet series -- it sounds like quite an investment.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to see what you think of Little Women. I just read it to Leah last year. It was strange to read it aloud. I kept stumbling over the words as I read. I could not for the life figure it out, but I started to wonder if I was just not used to the style of Alcott's writing. I love the story, however.