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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Not quite so good as Wideacre The second in the series after Wideacre which tells the story of Julia Lacey, the daughter of Beatrice and Harry Lacey. She does not know her true mother until the very end of the novel and her incestous birth. This female character is much more likeable than her mother Beatrice, however she lacks a lot of her strength. She wants the poor to have a share of the Wideacre profits or to give them Wideacre. She is raped and pursued by her brother (they belive they are cousins) Richard to marry him. This... more info
Plain suffering - read if you like to see people suffer I really like PG's books, but unfortunately this one was a big disappointment. If you like to read about people suffering through hundreds of pages, without deserving it, you will enjoy. If not, read her other books.
Brilliant! I have just finished this book and must say it is great! I loved it from the moment I picked it up. As a sequel to 'Wideacre' I think this is the stronger of the two books (and less sorid to tell the truth!). After reading these two books I am definitely a Philippa Gregory fan. The plot is attention grabbing and although you may work out some of the twists it is not until you have finished the book and realise that 'that part' was a clue and 'that event' was aswell. Gergory's characters are so well crafted... more info
please, let's return to reality I read this having first finished "The other Boylne girl" and loving it, but I warn prospective buyers who also enjoyed Gregory's much better known book that her earlier work is just not up to standard.
"The favoured child" starts off promisingly, with the kind of deep emotional writing that Gregory does so well, but after the first half of the book (which, by the way, seems far too long for the relatively simple story that unfolds) it descends into the kind of melodramatic, mournfully escapist claptrap... more info
