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daisyysobel 's review for:
The Taming of the Queen
by Philippa Gregory
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
I don't really know how much of what I'm reading is fiction and how much is history - usually that doesn't bother me too much but for some reason it did in this book. I mostly liked Kateryn but I found it hard to root for her and Thomas because Thomas has 0 personality and we don't know anything about him. Also I found it odd how much she thought about and dwelt on the difficulties of being a woman and particularly a wife of Henry VIII and yet she was so hostile about the women who had come before her.
Overall Gregory brought Kateryn's story to life in a way I wasn't expecting but didn't fully believe.
I don't really know how much of what I'm reading is fiction and how much is history - usually that doesn't bother me too much but for some reason it did in this book. I mostly liked Kateryn but I found it hard to root for her and Thomas because Thomas has 0 personality and we don't know anything about him. Also I found it odd how much she thought about and dwelt on the difficulties of being a woman and particularly a wife of Henry VIII and yet she was so hostile about the women who had come before her.
Overall Gregory brought Kateryn's story to life in a way I wasn't expecting but didn't fully believe.