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A review by mastersal
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
3.0
Brief review follows:
3.5 stars
Worked much better than I expected - perhaps it was the audio or perhaps it was the first half - but this book made me more sympathetic to Margaret (our MC). After [b:The White Queen|18068574|The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)|Philippa Gregory|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1370974337l/18068574._SY75_.jpg|13560666], I did not expect to find Margaret so compelling.
We start the book with Margaret's childhood, which helped I think in explaining what she had gone through and the strength of her conviction. The latter half - which covers the same events we saw in The White Queen - was less successful. Mostly because it was a retread and Margaret got excessively rude. It made her more cliché than the opening would have suggested.
Thankfully, the side characters carried that second half so overall I had a really good time with the book. Worth the read IMO
3.5 stars
Worked much better than I expected - perhaps it was the audio or perhaps it was the first half - but this book made me more sympathetic to Margaret (our MC). After [b:The White Queen|18068574|The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)|Philippa Gregory|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1370974337l/18068574._SY75_.jpg|13560666], I did not expect to find Margaret so compelling.
We start the book with Margaret's childhood, which helped I think in explaining what she had gone through and the strength of her conviction. The latter half - which covers the same events we saw in The White Queen - was less successful. Mostly because it was a retread and Margaret got excessively rude. It made her more cliché than the opening would have suggested.
Thankfully, the side characters carried that second half so overall I had a really good time with the book. Worth the read IMO