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thenovelbook's review against another edition
4.0
Recommendation: Watch the Masterpiece series of Victoria (still ongoing at the moment, and only about halfway through the episodes).
Get the delicious voice of Rufus Sewell in your head (surely I'm not the only one thinking this, right?).
Then, after two or three episodes, dig into this novelization, which can now probably be found at most libraries.
This book follows the PBS series extremely closely, and indeed was written at the same time the show was being put together. I don't know that I would have enjoyed it quite so much without the visuals and the voices being fresh in my mind from the TV show. It's straightforward, easy reading, but not particularly thought-provoking.
The book doesn't have the downstairs storylines that the show does (the servant characters are mentioned and have a little dialogue, but you don't get their back stories). Instead, as the title suggests, this book is centered squarely on the young queen.
Get the delicious voice of Rufus Sewell in your head (surely I'm not the only one thinking this, right?).
Then, after two or three episodes, dig into this novelization, which can now probably be found at most libraries.
This book follows the PBS series extremely closely, and indeed was written at the same time the show was being put together. I don't know that I would have enjoyed it quite so much without the visuals and the voices being fresh in my mind from the TV show. It's straightforward, easy reading, but not particularly thought-provoking.
The book doesn't have the downstairs storylines that the show does (the servant characters are mentioned and have a little dialogue, but you don't get their back stories). Instead, as the title suggests, this book is centered squarely on the young queen.
melishi211's review against another edition
4.0
If you've seen Victoria the TV series. It's pretty much this book. It's still good though
bookishb's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
tallulah85's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
daniobsessivelyreads's review against another edition
5.0
This book is excellently crafted. It doesn't feel like history at all. If anything, it feels like a historical romance, but the lead character is literally the Queen of England. I do love Victoria and Albert's story. I enjoyed the movie called The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt, and I also very much enjoyed the PDS TV show called Victoria. All of those adaptations are very close to each other, so one would assume that they are pretty accurate to the true life events. I always wonder about True Life adaptations, if they are really as true as one hopes them to be.
sarahmejia42's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
victoriafrost1991's review against another edition
2.0
It was an okay novel. I am not really interested in romance novels and thought Victoria would persuade me. Yet it was an average book in the such genre.
Fiction in the historical fiction is key here, especially with the Queen Victoria and Lord Melbourne debacle.
Fiction in the historical fiction is key here, especially with the Queen Victoria and Lord Melbourne debacle.