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April 7, 2021- May 21, 2021 The Sunne in Splendour Group Read- Part 4
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Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ , She's a mod, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Apr 06, 2021 01:53PM
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Oh, this part is going to be so hard to read. I've stocked up on tissues...
Just made it through. Glad I read it, glad not to be reading it anymore! This is not a type of historical fiction that much appeals to me, though on the whole I think it was very well done. I am less interested in the deeds of kings and the machinations of high statecraft than in the lives of more ordinary folk.I mentioned in other threads the things that actually annoyed me, the verb “to do,” the depictions of women, the inescapable violence.
I was impressed with the author’s ability to turn the historical record into a living story. It is not her fault that she wrote the book before Richard’s body was discovered, so she couldn’t know that in fact he was not a stiff-backed super-warrior, he suffered from scoliosis. That disability probably makes his achievements even more notable.
Abigail wrote: "Just made it through. Glad I read it, glad not to be reading it anymore! This is not a type of historical fiction that much appeals to me, though on the whole I think it was very well done. I am le..."Good point, especially given the times - any unfortunate deformity might be seen as an outward manifestation of evil, or being accursed!
I have to admit after hating Elizabeth Woodville for most of the book I was fascinated by her post Ned behavior. Telling Bess the truth about her father was terrible and yet that scene was so well written. And then her inane plotting was hilarious especially when she was having an interior monologue about how she and Ned had such dim children. Nothing she did was moral or sympathetic but she was fascinating.
Kavan wrote: "I have to admit after hating Elizabeth Woodville for most of the book I was fascinated by her post Ned behavior. Telling Bess the truth about her father was terrible and yet that scene was so well ..."So true! And I chuckled to myself, as well, about her eye-rolling over how dense the children are...she was a witch, but fascinating, all the same.
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I was glad to see the end of George quite frankly, although Ned's motives were far from noble. But the writing about George's downfall & Ned having to keep secrets from his mother & Diccon, was far better than the rest of this part.
Now coming to the part of Plantagenet history I know a little more about!
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "I have just finished Part 3 & finding the writing more stolid now.I was glad to see the end of George quite frankly, although Ned's motives were far from noble. But the writing about George's dow..."
I hope it goes more smoothly and quickly for you, Carol!
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