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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was an absolutely amazing book. I LOVE history, and this delivered. Wonderful characters, fantastic plot, and everything came together. There were no loose ties, nothing left to wonder about. I knew a bit about Margaret Beaufort as a history buff, but this was incredibly informative and very interesting. It was not a book made so that you love the characters, or respect their decisions. This was a book made to help others understand how the Tudor line was put on the throne of England. And I enjoyed it immensely.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, War
Moderate: Death, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder
When I finished The White Queen and heard about the Red Queen, I couldn't wait. I was lucky to win a copy from Goodreads. I found the Red Queen easy to read. Unlike many other people, I did like the first person account. I enjoyed the story and the writing. I did have to go back to the White Queen to remind myself of some parts.
Overall, I like the White Queen better, however, if you are a fan of Philippa Gregory, I would suggest this book. I would read the White Queen fist.
Overall, I like the White Queen better, however, if you are a fan of Philippa Gregory, I would suggest this book. I would read the White Queen fist.
Loveable characters:
No
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book so much đ This has become my favourite book of the series so far. I admit I have a soft spot for Margaret but still, the pacing of the story, the writing and the tension and the inner self righteous belief of being God's chosen one is what makes this book marvelous in its perspective of Margaret's story and her POV is insanely good and so rich. Philippa's prose seems much improved from the previous books. This was so good.
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
When I watched the tv show for the White Queen, without an absolute doubt, Margaret Beaufort was my least favourite character. There was something so utterly insufferable about her. Everything she said and did; how she interacted with people; her insanely annoying religious fanaticism that always put her as some sort of messenger of God who needed to win every situation. All of it made me just want her to fail miserably at everything and made me root for Elizabeth Woodville all the more.
Margaret is just as preachy in the book, but I somehow found her more tolerable in written format, which is saying something. While she still has this insistence that she's God's chosen one and everything she does is at His command, at least she's proactive rather than sitting around all the time waiting for people to do things for her. This bitch is out planning rebellions rather than sitting around, waiting for the world to cater to her (but only because it's too stupid to cater to her like it's supposed to, of course).
I did wish she'd shut up about Joan of Arc, though.
There's not a whole lot more to say. As always, historical accuracy in a Gregory book is a hit or miss. It's not really something to get nitpicky with anymore since it's just to be expected at this point.
I did enjoy this and, surprisingly, never felt like it lagged or got boring. Maybe it could have been even better if Margaret pulled her rosary out of her ass, but what can you do?
Margaret is just as preachy in the book, but I somehow found her more tolerable in written format, which is saying something. While she still has this insistence that she's God's chosen one and everything she does is at His command, at least she's proactive rather than sitting around all the time waiting for people to do things for her. This bitch is out planning rebellions rather than sitting around, waiting for the world to cater to her (but only because it's too stupid to cater to her like it's supposed to, of course).
I did wish she'd shut up about Joan of Arc, though.
There's not a whole lot more to say. As always, historical accuracy in a Gregory book is a hit or miss. It's not really something to get nitpicky with anymore since it's just to be expected at this point.
I did enjoy this and, surprisingly, never felt like it lagged or got boring. Maybe it could have been even better if Margaret pulled her rosary out of her ass, but what can you do?
Overall, I enjoyed it.
Margaret Beaufort is meant to be an unlikeable character who is hard to root for, which is why I didnât mind her too much. She was the progenitor of âdelulu is the soluluâ, after all, which â iconic. Yes, Marge, youâre definitely Godâs favourite little princess. Go kill children to prove it!
But some of her character moments just felt redundant, like the author kept re-introducing us to traits of her character we already knew she had. This made Margaret feel a bit like a one-note character with not too many depths; the book more like a dry recount at certain parts, and a character study at others.
But again, overall it was an enjoyable read and I was definitely intrigued by Margaretâs life trajectory/consecutive life crisisâ.
Margaret Beaufort is meant to be an unlikeable character who is hard to root for, which is why I didnât mind her too much. She was the progenitor of âdelulu is the soluluâ, after all, which â iconic. Yes, Marge, youâre definitely Godâs favourite little princess. Go kill children to prove it!
But some of her character moments just felt redundant, like the author kept re-introducing us to traits of her character we already knew she had. This made Margaret feel a bit like a one-note character with not too many depths; the book more like a dry recount at certain parts, and a character study at others.
But again, overall it was an enjoyable read and I was definitely intrigued by Margaretâs life trajectory/consecutive life crisisâ.
In this, Margaret was extremely unlikable and unfortunately this made the book a difficult read
informative
slow-paced
Better than "The White Queen". Although the character of Margaret Beaufort is not particularly likeable, she is well described and comes to life, so that you are interested in her as a person. The battle of Bosworth at the end was also well done.