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Sara Davis asked this question about The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3):
I'm content in waiting to become immersed in her glorious writing. People have lost the ability to be patient for good things. Who agrees?
Dandsnetvision.Net.Il My goodness. Such beautiful English and such extraordinary ideas and concepts. Yes, it does need patience and perseverance, but for those who have it,…moreMy goodness. Such beautiful English and such extraordinary ideas and concepts. Yes, it does need patience and perseverance, but for those who have it, this is an enthralling reading experience and, in my opinion at least, totally enriching. I feel that I have read many wonderful books in my life but this (the last book specifically and the trilogy as a whole) outdoes everything else that I have ever encountered. When I was younger, the benchmark for greatest novel was always said to be War and Peace, but this for me, puts the bar higher - much higher. The only issue for me (apart from the idiosyncrasies in style, which have been much discussed - the questions are valid but they totally overshadowed the other aspects which should have been the central ones) - was the fact that I read the first two volumes several years ago, and it meant that I decided to read them again before this last volume. Otherwise I felt (rightly for me) that too much context and detail would have been lost. I'm glad I did, but that is a question that all new readers of this third volume should think about. (less)
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