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Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
Sadly Dissapointed I was majorly dissapointed when I finished reading this book earlier on this afternoon. The story has the promise of being extremely exciting and the ending highly anticipated. When you come towards the end of the book you realise that a lot of loose ends will not be concluded despite the 600+ pages and the story doesn't seem to be coming towards a climax with 10 pages to go. This book had the makings of a book I wouldn't put down but sadly I wish I hadn't picked it up.
Disappointing I am a huge fan of The Boleyn Girl and enjoyed The Virgins Lover so was really looking forward to reading this book, however I was very disappointed. The plot just seemed random and to be going nowhere, the end was bizarre, the characters just annoying and unlikeable. However the worst thing about this novel for me was the vile, crude, disgusitngly over described sex scenes. Don't get me wrong I am not a prude who doesn't like sex to ever be mentioned in a book but I think there is a line between being a... more info
Not worth the time. My Mum was given this book as a gift a couple of years ago and now after we have both read it we agreed that if this had been the first book by Philippa Gregory we had come across we would not have bothered reading any more. The central characters we all unlikeable - though Lord Hugh at least seemed to be a fairly reliable depiction of a landed lord at the time. The blurb on the back of the book no way gives an accurate idea of what you can expect inside the covers. I found the wax dolls creepy and... more info
Brilliant - Better than I had thought it would be I was worried to read this, as I have read all of the Tudor Historical Fiction books by Philippa Gregory and absolutely loved them - I didn't want to find a book that wasn't as good. The beginning almost fulfilled my worry, but then I soon got to the point where I was thinking about reading the next chapter while working. It was really very good. I do agree that the 2 main characters, Alys and Hugo are as bad as each other, but at the same time you still want to know. I couldn't get over the ending; abrupt,... more info
