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3.14 AVERAGE
3.14 AVERAGE
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Awful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Violence
This was a hard listening! This book was free on Audible so I thought to give it a go as I always really liked Philippa Gregory’s books but I have never hated a main character as much as I have hated Beatrice Lacey. On a writing level, this is a super book but no one can like a self centred girl who will go to extreme lengths to get what she wants and desires. As an intersectional feminist, I appreciate that side of the story and it must have been horrendous to be seeing as nothing more than a wife and mother with absolute no provisions if something bad were to happen to the “master” of the house. However, Beatrice is a twisted, narcissistic woman and I was glad of the end she got.
Could not finish, made me want to throw up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
dark
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Prone to reputation, and with a bitterly misogynistic vein that's hard to ignore, Wideacre is an enjoyable drama with enough juicy scandals to satisfy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
For the full review (and to find out what even farmers in Georgian England should know about birth control), visit the masochistic entry at That's What She Read.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Every time I read this book I experience/ notice something new. It fascinates me that the main character of the novel, Beatrice, went to such great lengths to stay on 'her' land.
Philippa Gregory is such an excellent author so she shouldn’t need to write like this to sell her books.
DNF'd at 45%
I tried it but there was nothing salvageable to keep me reading. Absolutely no plot and cringe writing.
I tried it but there was nothing salvageable to keep me reading. Absolutely no plot and cringe writing.