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A review by severuspls
Rise of the Tudors by Conn Iggulden
4.0
Finishing this book has both filled me with sadness and relief. This is the last book in Iggulden's Wars of the Roses series and I think the writing definitely improved with each book. Particularly, the final two books stand out compared to the first two in terms of writing style. I have a deep fondness for many of the historical figures from the Wars of the Roses and Iggulden's characterisation of namely the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick were so well done, in my opinion.
Comments on the book:
The pre-battle rising action and actually battle sequences were, as always, too long and drawn out but I understand why in this one that was the case, as these battles were very high stakes, so it didn't bother me as much as it did in earlier books.
The dialogue between characters was funny as always. I genuinely laughed out loud at many parts of this book.
I found the pacing was odd, as Iggulden skipped 10 years in the middle and skimmed over quite a significant event.
I would have liked to have seen more from the younger Nevilles, particularly 'Ann' (Anne Neville) as she was in the middle of two significant power plays but she's barely mentioned in this book (as is in history, sadly Anne is just a name).
Overall, I liked it.
Comments on the book:
The pre-battle rising action and actually battle sequences were, as always, too long and drawn out but I understand why in this one that was the case, as these battles were very high stakes, so it didn't bother me as much as it did in earlier books.
The dialogue between characters was funny as always. I genuinely laughed out loud at many parts of this book.
I found the pacing was odd, as Iggulden skipped 10 years in the middle and skimmed over quite a significant event.
I would have liked to have seen more from the younger Nevilles, particularly 'Ann' (Anne Neville) as she was in the middle of two significant power plays but she's barely mentioned in this book (as is in history, sadly Anne is just a name).
Overall, I liked it.