Wow! I am just now watching the Pillars of the Earth,(didn't really notice it when it first came out) but I am thrilled to find out they are adapting this novel too!
Omg! Omg! This is sooooo cool! I just started reading the book :D I knew they did the pillars of the earth but now I'm so happy that they did the sequel ^_^ can anyone please tell me where I can watch it online?
Unfortunately, "World without End" simply isn't as compelling as "Pillars of the Earth", though it's still a damn good show and one of the best period dramas ever made (amidst a sea of utter mediocrity and endless Austen, Brontë and Dickens rehashes). There's no character as likeable as Prior Philip or Tom Builder, instead there's a preponderance of arrogant arseholes with few redeeming qualities, and the "good" characters are all rather flat and simplistic in comparison with those in PotE. Nevertheless, it's still a good show... but yeah. I still haven't finished it after two weeks, whereas I devoured PotE in two days. That really says it all about the quality discrepancy.
Having just read the book after watching the series I definitely agree. It's like they followed first half of the book and completely changed the second half.
This has got to be the worst rendition of any book I have ever read. Even worse than Pillars of the Earth. If you enjoyed this book, stay far away. Incredible how bad this show is.
I would hope the tv show is better than the novel. I picked up this piece of junk at my senior center library with hopes of learning something of the Black Death era. Instead I got an excessively silly yarn patted with what the author thinks is tantalizing sexual episodes just to satisfy the interests of the ladies who buy this stuff. Believe me, as an old fart I’m not interested in cope a feel incidents with teens. I started really losing interest and focus when teen novice revealed he could watch dalliances of the local bishop by pulling out a loose brick from a wall. Oh my. I got rather hostile to the author to think he would think I needed such silliness to spark interest. Real stupid stuff. And then it gets worse.