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I didn't really enjoy this book while I was reading it - I said I was hate-reading it - and yet I didn't stop reading it, as I would have normally. I can't even really describe what I liked / didn't like about it, but I stuck with it, even though I was a week late in returning it to the library. I'm still perplexed about it in general, but I ordered the sequel, so...
My main complaints that I can pinpoint are in regards to Mantel's writing. It was unnecessarily long - I figured it was about 100 ...more
My main complaints that I can pinpoint are in regards to Mantel's writing. It was unnecessarily long - I figured it was about 100 ...more
That is the entire premise of the first book of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy Hilary Mantel has produced over the last six years. From reading various reviews online, this book has been met with equally vicious and loving reviews. It’s a love-it or hate-it type of book, and I fall into the love-it category. One note, any use of the pronoun “he” more often than not refers to Thomas Cromwell. This writing quirk has a bit tricky to keep up with earlier in the book when there were many men present and
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Whew, that was a big one.
#readharder challenge--A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade.
#readharder challenge--A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade.
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