This book was suggested to me by my physical therapist!!! He went on and on for days about how this was his favorite book. Ok, I enjoyed it but it was a bit too long. Some of the story could have been omitted and the point could have been made. As sagas go, it was enjoyable but not to the point that I would read the sequel. I think by the end of the book, I had enough of Kane and Abel. ( )

Quite possibly one of my most favorite books ever read. The conflict within the story simply takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. Very well written....you literally feel like you are experiencing the story right along with the characters.

It is quite a while since I read this book, but I can still remember the basic storyline and would recommend this book to anyone who likes this type of story. Both male characters are born at the same time (from different backgrounds and living conditions) and follows their lives and their inter-relationship. ( )

I am not sure how many hindi / english filmmakers have been inspired by this novel. Typical bollywoodish kind of theme but written with such flair. It has suspense, romance, emotions almost everything. A very good and fast read. ( )

This is an entertaining book, but the holes in the plot are large enough to drive a truck through. Two men, born on the same day in 1906, one into poverty in Poland, the other into a wealthy American banking family, both become rich and powerful. Polish Abel Rosnovski builds up a hotel empire, while William Lowell Kane is chairman of his family’s bank. Naturally, a fierce enmity develops between the two men, based on a number of misunderstandings that are too, too obvious to the reader. If Jeffrey Archer didn’t have such an odious reputation I might have enjoyed this book a bit more, but I can’t quite bring myself to recommend it to anyone. ( )