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Divine Lola: A Savage Beauty by Cristina Morató

cemoses's review against another edition

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4.0

The book is readable.

iamthatonechick's review against another edition

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Curse of the Mood Reader.

Am I not in the mood for this book or do I just not enjoy it?

One of my goals this year is to not suffer through books, so here we are.

shannonpifher's review against another edition

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3.0

Dnf 10%. Not sure why. I was enjoying it; Put it down to start another book I was excited for; And never picked it back up again. That was 6 months ago…
Maybe I will try again in the future

tdurst's review against another edition

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1.0

I thought this book would be very entertaining, but I was greatly disappointed. It seemed like every new adventure she embarked upon was just a repeat of the last one. Maybe if this book was edited down by at least 100 pages, then it would have held my interest. I only finished this book by sheer will and effort.

i_likedbooksbest's review against another edition

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adventurous informative sad medium-paced

4.0

lghisolf's review against another edition

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4.0

Felt very long, but Lola had a long life! Very interesting true story, at times unbelievable, but the truth often is. Definitely a testament to her powers of persuasion over men and will to survive no matter what!

deedee63's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.0

lizzienorthcutt's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.75

erikas_bookshelf's review against another edition

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3.0

What a woman!

I guess that it can be easily said that her relationship with her parents (mostly her mother) shaped her personality. Maybe she pushed boundaries to the limit (and beyond) to test the love of the people around her as she never felt loved by her mother. Maybe she acted out of spite to show her mother she could be whatever she wanted to be.

I like to think that she played with all her lovers to show them she, a woman, was the one in control in a men’s world. The way she had the king under her thumb even in matters of State was incredible.

She was definitely a woman who was born in the wrong century! But honestly she did great!

Also, if I put myself in the shoes of any of the people close to her and analyze the situation from a safe point of view how terrible it was for someone to be hated by so many people for trying to get what she wanted… she wanted a name, she wanted to be protected and she needed to fight for it while - if she was born male - she would not had to.

I hated Thomas from the get go. Not only because he was an abusive a-hole who took advantage of her and ruined her, but because - when she decided to re-invent herself - he went after her to destroy her just to get a divorce. He could have pretend she was dead and move on with his disgusting life, but he felt like he didn’t hurt her enough. Disgusting.

Ludwig was a fun one for me… I will always think of him when people say Woman should not govern because they are too emotional. I loved the fact he wrote all these letters and never sent them. Just like when you type a text when you are all mad and you don’t send it… minus the “…” bubble.

I gave it 3 stars because I would have preferred to read it in a novel format, but still I was glad the author gave all the details in her narration because I definitely needed to know more.

Again… WHAT A WOMAN!