A review by bhnmt61
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

4.0

Mantel's writing style is unusual, and takes some getting used to. When it works, Wolf Hall is utterly mesmerizing. But sometimes it doesn't work, and then it just seems coy and smug-- as if Mantel enjoys being obscure and difficult (and it's entirely possible that she does). There were half a dozen scenes where even after re-reading them three or four times, I still couldn't figure out what happened, or who said what. Still, now that I'm done, the brilliant bits are what stand out in my mind: the relationship between Cromwell and Wolsey, the portrait of Anne, the series of confrontations between Cromwell and More at the end. Worth reading.