The author(s) are obviously social democrats which is fine as I can respect other people’s ideas but when your fiction is so blatantly generalizing one political party as evil (literally every fictional and historical Republican in this book was a terrible person), I find your writing to be unfortunate. The purpose is to be entertained and I definitely was not. In fact I couldn’t finish this book. Will never read another Follet and crew book again, which is such a disappointment as I’ve enjoyed his other historical fictions series. I guess when you’ve made your millions it’s easy to tell others how they should spend their hard earned dollars. No thanks for your sanctimonious ideology.

Once again Follet has delivered an astounding account of the era of segregation in the USA. As a Republican I did not care for his comments from that period. Yes. Nixon was an evil man but don’t color us all as evil. I did my student teaching in a predominantly black school, and loved the children as my own. During my teen years, I brought a group of my swimming pals home. One was black! My mother was shocked but I didn’t see the difference.

I finished this book purely out of a sense of duty, but I couldn't wait to turn the last page and put it down. Way too preachy, historically inaccurate and wildly time after time, and the characters were flat, poorly developed, and tiresome.

Follet is a great story teller mixing in history with fictional characters. He took the baby killing too far in Vietnam as heroes fought in and sacrificed there lives, limbs and minds. He did not try to conceal his hatred of Reagan. Reagan is a hero to many Americans. He bucked his constituents in taking on Gorbachev while setting the table for the eventual take down of the Berlin Wall. His economic policy in cutting taxes also set the table for recovering the economy after Carter allowed ungodly interest rates and inflation with his policies. Follet’s hero, Obama, took our nation backwards with racism back to the 1950’s. If you’re into romance novels you will love this book as he could make some romance novelists blush. As usual, he championed strong women, which is great but he also championed gay rights which was unnecessary. I give his writing ability a 5, and his content a 2, thus an overall 3.5.

Liked his other books but his hate for any Republican leadership in the US and his strong bias made this difficult to read and take seriously.

Follett should have stopped at WWII. No attempt at objectivity here. And that diminishes his earlier works in my mind. Too bad

Obviously a very liberal take on history which is very disappointing given how much I have enjoyed his other books. Don’t think I’ll be giving him any more of my money if this liberal drivel is what I am going to be reading.

Not only is this a terrific story line, I enjoyed the historical detail. Book was total entertainment and enlightenment! Eager to read the next one!

An extraordinary series with exquisite detail to history and to characters. Sad to see it come to an end.

As someone who enjoys historical fiction, this is one of the all time greats!! Bravo!