A review by miss_tricia
Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory

1.0

I finished reading it, but that's about the nicest thing I can say. It felt like the story wasn't going anywhere for the first 2/3 of the book. A lack of plot might be forgivable if the writing was gorgeous (it isn't) or if the book had some message about the something of greater significance than one guy's life (it doesn't). Add to that the distasteful bits: John's first sexual encounter with his wife gets 1 sentence (which is about right), and his first sexual encounter with Buckingham gets 3 pages (clearly more than necessary). All in all a disappointment. I won't be revisiting Gregory.