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A review by maplessence
The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
3.0
I have given 3.5★ . Just can't quite push my rating up to 4.
While I loved [b:Katherine|17908563|Katherine|Anya Seton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1375136913s/17908563.jpg|2372397] which is supposed to be Seton's best work, I am starting to think that in most of her books, Seton lacks the ability to make me care about her characters. & Seton shares the heavy foreboding style of [a:Jean Plaidy|6590|Jean Plaidy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1237699211p2/6590.jpg] where you start to wonder if all these real life characters had the gift of second sight!
The most interesting parts of the story were Elizabeth's early life in England and right at the end with Elizabeth's third husband. There Elizabeth shows some normal human frailties & Seton having her in love withFor a lot of the book Elizabeth was just too perfect for me where in real life she must have been a truly remarkable, flawed & strong willed woman who defied a lot of conventions. I think Seton tried to show this but wimped out. But a big plus for showing the unfairness to the native population, but then a big minus, for the way Seton shows secondary character Anneke's heavily accented English.
Just painful.
A lot of research went into this book. Unfortunately Seton wanted to use all of it.
While I loved [b:Katherine|17908563|Katherine|Anya Seton|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1375136913s/17908563.jpg|2372397] which is supposed to be Seton's best work, I am starting to think that in most of her books, Seton lacks the ability to make me care about her characters. & Seton shares the heavy foreboding style of [a:Jean Plaidy|6590|Jean Plaidy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1237699211p2/6590.jpg] where you start to wonder if all these real life characters had the gift of second sight!
The most interesting parts of the story were Elizabeth's early life in England and right at the end with Elizabeth's third husband. There Elizabeth shows some normal human frailties & Seton having her in love with
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her cousin Jack? Is there any basis for this? I'm not finding anything online. Made me think - a lot-of [b:Angelique|1175147|Angelique (Angelique Original version, #1)|Anne Golon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1332064569s/1175147.jpg|1162918] & [b:Forever Amber|5368|Forever Amber |Kathleen Winsor|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1350464965s/5368.jpg|2522906] with ill fated first loves."Ve can do nothing..."
Just painful.
A lot of research went into this book. Unfortunately Seton wanted to use all of it.