PositiveThe Cleveland Plain DealerAt almost 1,000 pages, Fall of Giants, weaves the fictional lives of five families and some 100 secondary characters through the years between June 1911 and January 1924 ... Follett wants us to see how, creating characters to take us through this history ... Some of these figures are memorable, others not. Too often, they have long conversations, telling each other what they already know so we'll know it. At those times, they become props, and less compelling ... The novel is well researched. The war feels particular in the details, familiar in its scope ... Reading for story, this book delivers a good sense of the early 20th century.
