I took advantage of the latest Kobo 30% coupon to buy the Hunger Games Trilogy after reading several recommendations for this series in this thread.
I enjoyed Fall of Giants by Ken Follet but did find the last 20% of the book difficult to read as it mainly dealt with one character that I really disliked and kept hoping would be killed off. I particularly enjoyed the beginning where Mr. Follet was explaining how several nations just fell into a war, that most wanted to avoid, simply because of treaty obligations. (This is rather simplified, as this plot line was spread over several hundred pages.

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