A review by jenbsbooks
Wideacre by Philippa Gregory

Did not finish book.

I only made it to chapter 5, and had 20+ hours left in audio and I am not enjoying this at all so ... DNF for me. Some SPOILERS below (even just that far in...)

Spoiler

at first, it is a little discouraging, the female of the family going to be left out from the land she loves because of the times/entail. But the MC is just twisted and horrible. So much, too much, unsettling stuff. At just 15, she has a sexual relationship with one of the ranch hands. Discovered doing the deed by her brother, that turns weird "beat me". Then "lets murder your father and fleece your brother" ... and she says okay. While she has second thoughts about that, it's too late, Dad is dead. She goes to her murderer lover and murders him (or so we think) in an awful way ... as if murder isn't bad enough regardless. Of course there's one last sexual encounter before she does that. She self-justifies everything. Then she is attracted to her brother and a sexual relationship ensues there.

Now I don't consider myself a prude. I've read a ton of stuff and at times am okay with the explicit. This just wasn't anything enjoyable at all. I'm okay being unsettled if there is something that comes from it, growth or redemption, or learning on my part, but glancing at the reviews, I didn't think this was going to head in that direction and I didn't want to invest hours in feeling awful. In truth, I'm got a miserable cold at the moment and am already feeling awful, but I don't know that this is something I'd want to spend hours in ... and it's only the first installment! Moving on ...