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Or is so clever and interesting but lacks an emotional resonance or like unearthed truth about human nature I’ve come to expect from contemporary literature. I reallt want to read the next ones. Like a beach read for really smart people. It just in sorry doesn’t compare to say ‘a brief history of seven killings’ or ‘people in the trees’ but it is really delicious in other ways just not deep enough.

I knew there was a lot of buzz about this book, but I wasn't dying to read it. Henry VIII is always an intriguing character and I felt a little oversaturated with that whole story. However I was inspired to finally pick this up because of the mini-series (which is waiting patiently on my DVR) and I am so glad I did. While this is a story that most of us all know, it is told from the fresh perspective of Thomas Cromwell and it is incredibly well written. Sometimes Cromwell is made out to be a vil
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