Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 11, 2020 Tien rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction, england

Encouraged by buddy reads, I read this next instalment of Thomas Cromwell trilogy. I found this second book to be somewhat faster. Not in plot, of course, as to that it gets rather slow, but I think it is because of familiarity. I've only just finished Wolf Hall about 10 days prior to starting Bring Up the Bodies so I found I was on familiar ground; of the author's writing (specifically the annoying perspective), setting, and characters.

I found the book to be 'meh' despite being able to read it ...more

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Oct 14, 2016 Joanna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-read, audiobooks, historical-fiction, kindle, rws-2016-fall

I liked this much more than Wolf Hall and I think that's because they changed narrators. Simon Vance is an excellent narrator and it was the fact that he was narrating this that led me to choose the audio over the print edition even though my recommendation after listening to Wolf Hall was that one should probably go with print. Simon Vance has quickly risen to the ranks of Scott Brick and Davina Porter as a narrator whose name I look for when choosing books to listen to. Seriously, if you like ...more

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Jun 30, 2020 Sam rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: proper-books, historical-fiction

While I did enjoy this more than the first in the series, I still wasn't completely gripped by it. I'm beginning to think that it's not really Mantel's writing that's the issue, as this book did flow better than the last, but all the posturing and maneuvering that seems to prevail across every character with the aim of promoting themselves or their families. From what I know, this probably is fairly accurate and reflective of the time but surely there would've been a few people who didn't feel t ...more

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Jun 18, 2013 Holly Foley (Procida) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction

So interesting to hear history told in the present tense. I love having the perspective of a peripheral figure to the court more so that hearing the story focused on a leader. This is the middle book of a trilogy about Thomas Cromwell. I definitely have to read the ending. Loved hearing the dirty details about the end of Anne Boleyn's story. ...more

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