Jason

First of all this review is some what tainted by my enthusiasm for the first novel in the series. I felt in Fall of Giants that that author was able to weave together the separate plot lines, give a wonderful story and a broad history lesson. I fell Winter of the World fell short. Now this short coming is easily explained, the second world war is difficult to paint in such broad strokes, I felt that the holocaust was given very light coverage.

Furthermore as the genealogy expands from the first book the complexity of the plot lines became a bit muddled.

Finally, the first book in many instances gave us a front row seat, we were at dinner with the king, or in the office of the President etc etc, there was less of that in this book and I feel that it is the poorer for it.


Saying all that i still enjoyed the book.

If readers want to be fully immersed in the second world war in a similar style, Herman Wouk's Winds of War and War and Remembrance is your best bet

I burn through King novels, I love them, I am a huge fan, so this novel was not a disapointment, but it was not what I would consider his best work. Of course I judge all of his works by the Dark Tower series.