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=Otto T's 9th Grade Book Review=

Exciting, adrenalin racing, and nail biting are just a few characteristics that explain the masterpiece that Ken Follett has created. His novel, Night over Water, takes the reader on a razor-sharp journey full of treachery, deception, lust, and violence. No one can write as eloquently as Ken Follett. The finale of this fantastic novel reminds the reader about the dreams and beliefs that one had during their youth, and the courageous events that one underwent to stand up for what they believe in. Every word is written with as much devotion, passion, and excitement as the next. Take my word when saying that after beginning to read this book, you’ll never put it down until you have to either go to work, school, or the social security office to pick up your monthly check. Most books begin at a magisterial pace, having one or two bad events followed by a couple of minor events, but Ken Follett seems to be too impatient to wait for something exciting to happen. Night over Water has one devastating, yet amazing scene after another, which usually leads an orgasmic sex scene. Right from the beginning of the book, Follett begins by describing the main characters. He describes they’re life, ambitions, childhood memories, and even they’re secrets. All of the characters are so frightening realistic that a person becomes disappointed when they finish the novel and remember that it was all a fantasy. Throughout the story, characters explain events that are happening aboard the luxurious Pan American Clipper (the plane), so the novel switches from first to third person point of view, leaving the reader no choice but to pay close attention to the already addicting book. Ken Follett could be compared to the gods in the way he writes. His detailed imagery paints me an image worth a million words in my mind. If one of the characters were to ask me for directions out on the street I could identify them. Follett mastered the novel by having characters have accents and dialog that they would have in that era. Everything down to the outfit of the character is explained to give the reader a magnificent film in their head. In conclusion, I have to honestly say that this is among my favorite books, if not the first. Never have I read a book with such a well rounded plot that it could make me cry one second, laugh another, and kick something over the next. The book has no flaws. It was my heroin that I had to have every second of every day. In my opinion, the best parts of the book were the sex parts and the treachery. For example, Lady Oxenford (a very rich lady) sleeps with a thief in the act of love. Also, when the plane arrives at one of its refuel locations, Peter Black locks his sister in a house to die of starvation so that he could sell the family business and inherit everything. It also has the themes of government, religion, competition, and self-doubt. Believe me when I tell you that every page will fly by. The maturity of this book will make people understand what it means to be an adult and what liberty and being independent is really about. Whoever doesn’t rate this book a “20 out of 5” is out of their mind! The romance, revenge, and simplicity of the novel, makes this a must read novel among all age groups. I will from this moment on keep in mind the significance of this novel. To stand up for what I believe in, to have courage or else be lost in the sea of cowardice and failure, and that only the most cunning and skilled will succeed in life.