After 9 Days, I've Managed to Finish it.
1,104 pages of corruption, betrayal, greed, sex and violence in the form of Ken Follett's World Without End.
I really much more enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. I think the plot and the characters were much better developed in Pillars.
One of the complaints I had with "World" is that one of the sub plots of the story that carried through the entire book, appearing to hold great mystery throughout, turned out to be extraordinarily anti-climactic once revealed. I really can't emphasize enough how lack-luster the "surprise" was.
The book was also somewhat frustrating because the characters in the book that you actually liked (which are few) were continuously, almost excessively, being double-crossed, swindled, or otherwise disappointed at every possible turn. Ridiculously so. The author really needs to balance the fortunes of the heroes and heroines a bit more to keep the reader from losing heart.
Anyway, I don't regret reading the book, but I just didn't have the same feelings and experience with this one that I did with Pillars.