Reviews

The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory

sloph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is probably one of my favourite of the series. I really enjoyed this series as a whole and I like how we have spanned across multiple generations and the knock on effect. The characters were really different and interesting. Each one had strong character elements, that were very different from each other but you could see the points from each of them.

liv_smiithh's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

pammella's review

3.0

I enjoyed "The Boleyn Inheritance" a lot more. Hard to care about any of these characters.

labunnywtf's review

4.0

I always do this with her books. I get it from the library, and consider just dropping it back in the book return and moving on to another one. It's historical fiction, so I'll be bored. Right? Screw the fact that I've enjoyed the other books of hers that I've read. Of course I'll be broed.

I will never learn.

I don't know if it's a sign of good writing or bad writing that I had a hard time sympathizing even 80% with each of the three focus characters. At different times, I felt for each of them. Even Bess, which I didn't believe I would. But each of them also made me want to bitchslap their mothers.

An enjoyable look into a queen whose name I knew vaguely, but otherwise didn't know practically anything about. I would like to read something historically accurate about her now, but after trying to look into Anne Boleyn and reading horribly dry and boring nonfiction, I don't know that it will happen.

Interesting.

d52s's review

4.0

This was the first book I've read about Tudor history and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It did drag in parts, but the story line was interesting and kept me going to the end. After I did some research because I was so swept up in the story. It sheds light on a whole area of history that's not often studied.

mollyxmiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kitdunsmore's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the voices of her characters and thought her handling of historical details was well-integrated into the story. Gives a vivid idea of life in the Elizabethan era. But it was hard to listen to on audio. A long book with some repetitive sections.

ptothelo's review

2.0

not as engaging as the other books

smartasfrankeinstein's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

eribannwen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Bess is goals.