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Advantages: Well-written, interesting twist on old story Disadvantages: Simplifies Anne Boleyn's character
I love Philippa Gregory's historic novels and The Other Boleyn Girl was the one which initially caught my eye (I love Tudor history, especially Anne Boleyn/Elizabeth) and, like the others I have read, was interesting and entertaining, offering an insight into life at the Tudor court (or, to be more accurate, an imagined insight based on real information).
The only problem I have with Gregory's novels is that they rely heavily upon 'gossip' and rumours surrounding Tudor history and she seems to simplify and stereotype her characters rather than giving a more balanced representation: I dislike her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in this novel because, as history generally has, it vilifies her without questioning this vilification, accepting the whole cliched 'Anne Boleyn as a scheming harlot' situation. It's not that I claim to know any ...
Advantages: A great central performance from Natalie Portman. Disadvantages: Wishy-washy characterisation and weak writing.
a two-dimensional paragon of virtue. It sets up a whole predator-victim scenario. The story plays out in a very moral fashion where the cunning are punished and the innocent escape to life of bliss. It's all a shade too predictable and we don't get to see any of the little events that give texture to the story. For instance, we don't see most of Anne's marriage to Henry. This prevents us from bonding with the characters and seeing their trials and tribulations with anything other than a dispassionate eye. I didn't shed a single tear for Anne when she was on the block. But there isn't enough of the politics evident to draw us into the intrigue of alliances and betrayals or the reasoning behind them. Overall the narrative feels superficial, especially where the supporting characters are concerned as they feel more like types than real people ...
Advantages: interesting historical fiction Disadvantages: read the review
*NB* Apologies on the lack of originality with the title, but it's true. We've all heard of Anne, mother of Elizabeth I, seducer of Henry VIII, first wife to lose her head, he broke from Rome to be with her and founded the C of E...and so on and so forth. But Anne had a sister. Her name was Mary, and although at one point in time she was important, she soon became the "other" Boleyn girl. Hence, the title of the book and of my review.
I recently read and wrote an opinion on Phillipa Gregory?s latest novel, ?The Queen?s Fool,? (TQF) and enjoyed it to the point where I asked my mother to search for her other period novel, ?The Other Boleyn Girl.? (OBG) She tracked down a copy at the British Council, and I eagerly devoured the book in the course of a bleak and rainy day.
I must confess that I did not take to this book as much as ...
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