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A review by fornia
Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman
3.0
truly excellent historical fiction, even if i lost track of the politics about halfway through [in my defense, why is it so complicated??? esp with so many people being referred to with like seventeen diff names/titles]
it's a really pacy and surprisingly action-y? not in terms of like action movie action but it's just a very Eventful and compelling narrative
i will say tho, i don't know if this is what penman wanted me to take away from her books, but my one big takeaway is that these dumbasses just needed therapy and thousands of people probably could've lived
it's like
one white family's reality-tv-show drama, but the consequences aren't just storming out and maybe some harsh words said in anger. instead, every time there's like. a little bitty argument. hundreds of people die. because these motherfuckers can't just Sit Down and Talk about their problems. they need family counseling and they needed it nine hundred years ago tbh
it's a really pacy and surprisingly action-y? not in terms of like action movie action but it's just a very Eventful and compelling narrative
i will say tho, i don't know if this is what penman wanted me to take away from her books, but my one big takeaway is that these dumbasses just needed therapy and thousands of people probably could've lived
it's like
one white family's reality-tv-show drama, but the consequences aren't just storming out and maybe some harsh words said in anger. instead, every time there's like. a little bitty argument. hundreds of people die. because these motherfuckers can't just Sit Down and Talk about their problems. they need family counseling and they needed it nine hundred years ago tbh