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I am clearly in the minority on this book. I wanted to love it, seriously. I got about 100 pages in last night when I gave up in disgust.
I just have one question - what good is reading a fabulous story that gives an interesting perspective on a historical character is you CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHO THE AUTHOR IS REFERRING TO? I know I'm not the only one having this problem with the book. I read, re-read and re-read again over certain paragraphs and I'm STILL not sure who the author was referring to.
I ...more
I just have one question - what good is reading a fabulous story that gives an interesting perspective on a historical character is you CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHO THE AUTHOR IS REFERRING TO? I know I'm not the only one having this problem with the book. I read, re-read and re-read again over certain paragraphs and I'm STILL not sure who the author was referring to.
I ...more
I don't always have the greatest luck with liking the Booker Prize winners, and Wolf Hall is no exception. I could only give it three stars because Mantel's use of the first person (Cromwell himself) was just annoying. I did finally get used to it, but the voice made me less able to focus on the story itself.
The story - it's a good one. Mantel gives us Cromwell's account of Henry VIII's "divorce" from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent "marriage" to Anne Boleyn. All the right historical cha ...more
The story - it's a good one. Mantel gives us Cromwell's account of Henry VIII's "divorce" from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent "marriage" to Anne Boleyn. All the right historical cha ...more
Tedious at times but good.
Jan 05, 2012
Cindy
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2012
Emily
marked it as to-read
Oct 20, 2012
Alison
marked it as to-read
Nov 13, 2012
Rebecca
marked it as to-read
Dec 03, 2012
shalini
marked it as to-read
Jul 22, 2021
Shauna
marked it as recommended-not-to-read
