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The revolution that cannibalised itself!
My edition had 985 pages, and I'm a slow reader, so to have come to the end of this novel in 2.5 weeks has left me feeling a bit shell-shocked. I've decided to give it 3.5★ because although I enjoyed it, I can't imagine ever wanting to re-read it, and that's one of my tests for 4★.
Being a huge fan of the Wolf Hall (soon-to-be) trilogy, I was really interested to see how this earlier example of Mantel's epic, speculative, historical fiction compared. My con ...more
My edition had 985 pages, and I'm a slow reader, so to have come to the end of this novel in 2.5 weeks has left me feeling a bit shell-shocked. I've decided to give it 3.5★ because although I enjoyed it, I can't imagine ever wanting to re-read it, and that's one of my tests for 4★.
Being a huge fan of the Wolf Hall (soon-to-be) trilogy, I was really interested to see how this earlier example of Mantel's epic, speculative, historical fiction compared. My con ...more
Got to 400 pages and could not continue.
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